Re: [IRCA] Indoor vertical update

[Steve Byan <stevebyan@xxxxxxx>]

On Feb 11, 2009, at 10:12 PM, Craig Healy wrote:

> Until now it had been a couple of rooms away fed by a 40' length of  
> RG-58 50
> ohm coax.  There was a significant noise issue and a number of  
> birdies that
> swamped a number of frequencies.  And, some electrical buzz would  
> run for 30
> seconds on and a minute off.  Gave me 2/3rds DX time.

I've taken to using quad-shielded RG-6 (cable TV drop cable). The  
garden-variety RG-58 and RG-8 doesn't have enough braid coverage to  
give good shielding. You can find quality RG-58 cable like Belden  
8259, but it's expensive. Quad-shielded RG-6 cable has even better  
shielding and is cheaply available from Home Depot. You really do  
need to invest in a Snap-N-Seal tool and compression coax connectors.  
The Home Depot connectors are useless.

> I replaced the RG-58 with CAT5 ethernet cable of about the same 40'  
> length.

CAT5 is pretty good stuff, and handy where you have a balanced feed.

Best regards,
-Steve

--
Steve Byan <stevebyan@xxxxxxx>
Littleton, MA 01460


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