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I am looking for the best RG6 coax cable to connect to a Magnum Dynalab SR100 indoor antenna. Any suggestions?
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1694A for (18AWG) RG-6
1505A for (20AWG) RG-59
IMO, the antenna to tuner IC cable is a highly critical, low level application. No place to go cheap.
I get my RG-6 from any cable guy I see in the neighborhood. They cut it to the length I need and terminate it. They do not mind at all making a few bucks on the side.
RG6 coax has a signal loss of about 3 - 3.5dB per 100-feet at 100MHz (US FM Broadcast Band). Unless you're running it a great distance, it's not all that critical.
I would look for a cable that is somewhat flexible and easy to manage. RadioShack has RG6 quad-shield cable in various lengths already terminated with "F" connectors on each end.
Another 75 Ohm coax is RG59. It's a bit more lossy than RG6 but it may be more flexible and easier to work with, if that's important to you.
Again, it's not very critical unless you're running upwards of 100-feet or more.
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For more flexibility and copper conductors, both shield and center conductor, in your application I'd use RG59. Most RG6 uses aluminum braid for one of the shields.Check the Belden Brilliance line. For your indoor application RG59 is more than adequate.
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Edits: 11/14/11
...It seems to me that some tweaky folks around here can actually "hear" the difference between various COAX for RF applications. Amazing. I agree, RG59 is easy to work with, readily available, and more than adequate indoors at 100MHz +/-.
Thanks! Abe. I will have a short-run on this cable.
Sure!
When I had my Magnum FT-101A tuner I used the heavy duty black quad-shield RG6 cable with separate ground lead from RadioShack. I ran about 60-feet of this cable outdoors in the backyard, under the wood deck, then up the deck railing to a 10-foot TV antenna mast and finally up to the FM antenna.
I did this for the FM tuner antenna and another run of RG6 for the UHF "HDTV" antenna.
The cable lasted several years in the weather with no issues. An indoor cable doesn't have to be as rugged and even that white RG6 will be fine for relatively short distances.
You can try places like RadioShack, Home Depot, ACE, Amazon dot com, etc.
Thanks! Abe. Yes, I want to get a thicker gauge of cable, like you described. Probably a meter or 2 will do.
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