Ding Guy

coax and rf conn.

First off sorry for more on the topic.

I'm starting a home theater and wanted more info on coax and rf conn. I know i'm going to use rg6 and commpression conn. I have not set a budget yet and wanted to know what brands and features do I need to look for or any other advice anyone has.

JohnRice

Re: coax and rf conn.

What are you asking? It's not at all clear. For one, you might avoid using abbreviations, since they further obscure that question you seem to be asking. I mean, RG6 is RG6. It is either suitable for a particular use or it isn't.

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Ding Guy

Re: coax and rf conn.

Sorry, I'm new at this. My guestion is what qualities in RG6 cable should I look for when using it for my HD tv and internet keeping in mind that I'm not on a budget yet. Also are there difereces in any RF compression connectors.

Thanks M@

keithVANhorn

Re: coax and rf conn.

If you don't have a budget just yet, look into running RG6 quad shield wire. It's the only coax wire we use. It uses different compression fittings than regular RG6, just a fyi. Are you going to have cable or sat? If cable then you only need one home run to your system location. If sat, then you need at least 2.

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Ding Guy

Re: coax and rf conn.

Thanks for the info. I have Comcast cable so one run it is. I just found Belden RG6 that is 4.5 GHZ sweep test but it's a tri sheild not quad. The quad is 3 GHZ, would the quad still be the way to go or is the 4.5 GHZ tri sheild a better coax for HD cable?

Robert_J

Re: coax and rf conn.

Standard RG-59 is just fine for transmitting digital signals. The only reason anyone uses RG-6 now is the larger center conductor. You can send voltage through it with less resistance. Unless you are working in a TV station where you have stray RF fields, anything more than single shield is overkill.

-Robert

keithVANhorn

Re: coax and rf conn.

Better safe than sorry with the quad, and RG59 is fine, but no one who is wiring anything nowadays uses it. Not recommended. It's all RG6.

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Robert_J

Re: coax and rf conn.

I have a little over 1,000 feet of RG-59 with copper shielding and pure copper center conductor so I can make some 60' in-wall RCA cables to connect my theater room equipment to my living room HDTV. I specifically went with RG-59 because of the copper center as opposed to RG-6's copper coated center. RG-59 is also a much smaller diameter and I'll be running at least 4 sets of component video cables as well as analog audio using this cable. I don't want my wall's top plates looking like Swiss cheese.

-Robert

keithVANhorn

Re: coax and rf conn.

When I said use RG6 or quad, I meant to use that for catv/sat inputs to the equipment. Now, RG59 with copper shielding is mainly used for video camera wire (that's what we use it for anyways) which is better than normal RG59. Now normal, not copper stranded, RG59 is just fine for audio/video cables... we actually use mini-RGB for that, which is an even smaller wire than RG59, and is just as good. However I would not wire a house with RG59 for any catv/sat inputs.

KVH

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