Hello,

Is R/S RG6 coax of "decent" quality for a receive only application (to a
scanner) ?

Or, should it be avoided like the plague, and go to one of the on-line radio
supplier sources ?

Thanks,
B.

Hello,

Is R/S RG6 coax of "decent" quality for a receive only application (to a
scanner) ?

If they advertise/sell it as being acceptable for satellite-dish use,
I'd think it would be electrically fine for scanner applications.
Sat-rated RG6 is normally quad-shielded and has low losses up to above
1 GHz.

Pay plenty of attention to how you attach (crimp, probably) the
connector on the end, and to waterproofing the resulting connection to
the antenna. Water infiltration into the end of a cable is one of the
commoner failure modes.

Ordinary black plastic electrical tape, by itself, isn't really
adequate for the job. I usually use some combination of
self-amalgamating rubber tape, and Coax Seal or a similar putty, to
ensure waterproofing, and an outer layer of black electrical tape to
shield the inner waterproofing layers against sunlight/UV.

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"Robert11" wrote in
:

Hello,

Is R/S RG6 coax of "decent" quality for a receive only application (to
a scanner) ?


I wrote some notes on RG6 for transmitting applications at
http://www.vk1od.net/RG6/index.htm .

I know you were intereested in receive only, and a specific brand, but the
issues discussed might be of intererest in selection of a cable type and
connectors.

Owen

Hi Owen,

Interesting writeup.
Learned a lot from reading it.

Thanks,
Bob

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"Owen Duffy" wrote in message
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"Robert11" wrote in
:

Hello,

Is R/S RG6 coax of "decent" quality for a receive only application (to
a scanner) ?


I wrote some notes on RG6 for transmitting applications at
http://www.vk1od.net/RG6/index.htm .

I know you were intereested in receive only, and a specific brand, but the
issues discussed might be of intererest in selection of a cable type and
connectors.

Owen