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#10181 - 12/29/08 07:47 PM RG6 Coax
countryboy Offline
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Loc: Harper, Kansas
I have a CM 3671 antenna on a 20' tower with a CM7777 preamp and good Beldon RG6 coax ran to the preamp power supply in my attic. From the power supply I have a splitter with one run of Beldon RG6 ran to my tv and the other run from the splitter is old cheap flatlead antenna wire going to my son's room. I use the CM 3671 to bring in my local digital channels to my HDTV.

I want to replace the flat antenna wire with RG6 and was looking on ebay for 500 to 1000 feet of RG6 since it's cheaper to buy alot verse buying 100' at a time.

Alot of the buys there are for copper clad steel instead of solid copper center conductor's, is there anything wrong with using it? Do most people use the copper clad steel anymore or do they stick with solid copper?

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#10182 - 12/30/08 12:04 AM Re: RG6 Coax
XenonMan Offline
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Stick with solid copper if you can get it at a similar price. Especially if you have a long run or some sharp bends.
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#10183 - 12/30/08 12:21 AM Re: RG6 Coax
countryboy Offline
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Loc: Harper, Kansas
Actually solid copper is quite a bit more, I'm running maybe a 75-100ft run.

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#10184 - 12/30/08 02:45 PM Re: RG6 Coax
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I have my DirecTV HD dish 100' from the house, not including all of the runs through the house, and I have everything wired with copper coated steel RG6.
I have had no problems what so ever with it.
The one thing you want to check is the maximum frequency that the RG6 is rated for.
Everything I have use is rated for up to 3Gz.
If you can find solid copper for about the same price then I would use that but it is not necessary to pay a huge premimum for solid copper.

Check this site out for RG6 cable and installation tools.

http://search.solidsignal.com/?i=1&i1.x=9&i1.y=17&page=1&q=rg6&site=com&u1=q
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#10185 - 12/30/08 05:29 PM Re: RG6 Coax
countryboy Offline
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Registered: 01/03/06
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Loc: Harper, Kansas
Thanks after doing alot of searching online I was kind of surprised the majority of RG6 sold was copper coated steel rather than pure copper even from name brand companies. Now that doesn't mean you can't find pure copper but it is more expensive.

The Beldon cable I used for the main run from my antenna to my CM7777's power supply and then another run to my tv was the expensive 1694A so I have used the best but wanted something less expensive for other shorter runs.

Anyway nice to know even though pure copper is the best probably the majority of situations people are using copper clad steel with no issues.

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#10186 - 12/30/08 05:47 PM Re: RG6 Coax
Altec Offline
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Registered: 01/06/08
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Any cable which carries the RG-6 label will meet the criteria for this type of cable, whatever it's makeup. The use of a steel inner conductor is so that the cable can be pulled through conduits without breaking.

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#10187 - 11/06/09 06:31 AM Re: RG6 Coax
Jimna Offline
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Registered: 10/07/09
Posts: 236
Loc: Denver, CO
if its got an rg6 label it will be fine. im a cable tech, ive put more cable connectors on rg6 in my life than most people have seen. on this you go for the bargain and trust the rating as long as its new.

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