[TheList] Right Co-ax

Tue Apr 2 17:24:27 AEDT 2013

Hmm, some truth in the RG59 comment, but RG6 that is Sky Approved won't 
have that problem and is usually a lot cheaper than any good quality 
RG58 it also has way less loss.

Regards,

Neill.

On 2/04/2013 6:20 p.m., Mike Trump wrote:
> Gidday Kevin,
> Personally I'd use 50 ohm, unless for some reason you reason your 
> scanner requires 75 ohm.
> Reason I say that is that the cable would be harder to terminate to 
> the connectors, which I assume are BNC.
> I take that you're looking to use something like RG-59? as opposed to 
> RG-58 (50 ohm).
> Most of the RG-59 I've come across in the past has been of quite low 
> shielding quality and this alone can
> introduce interference in itself.
>
> Hope this helps you,
>
> Regards,
> Mike Trump.
>
>
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