Forget The Coax, Wire Up Your Antennas With Cat 6 Cable
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These days, anything with copper in it is expensive. If you doubt that, a walk into any Home Depot electrical department, where the wire is locked up tighter than Fort Knox, will prove otherwise. C…
  • @[email protected]
    7•14 days ago

    So besides the fact that it’s too high of impedance, can’t carry enough voltage for broadcasting any signals, requires dedicated custom amplifiers, and costs more… Sure.

    • @[email protected]English
      3•14 days ago

      It only seems practical for certain receive antennas that already require an impedance matching transformer.

      For most uses, RG-6 would be a better choice if you want cheap transmission line. It can easily handle 100 watts as long as you don’t use F connectors. For a single band antenna, the coax can be cut to a multiple of a half wavelength and there will be no impedance matching required if the antenna is 50Ω.

    • @[email protected]
      1•13 days ago

      Do you have an alternate suggestion? I’ve got vhf/uhf in the attic, but only Ethernet in the walls to my desired destination from the coax demarc.