FWIW, I am employed by a cable company. We use RG-6 for drops to the
house under 275 feet and RG-11 for anything from 275 feet to 350 feet.
My suggestion is to make a visit to your local cable company and speak
with the person in charge of the warehouse. They can usually salvage some
cable for you from the scrap cable.
This is how I have enough hardline to take care of my future tower needs.
73 de
Anthony, WM3T
> In my experience, cable companies do not use RG-6 but a larger RG-11 size
> 70
> ohm flooded cable. This larger cable is excellent and much better than
> RG-6.
> John K9DX
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Harold Smith" <price.smith@worldnet.att.net>
> To: <topband@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 11:34 AM
> Subject: Topband: RG-6 coax
>
>
> A good source for RG-6 coax might be your local cable tv company. A 200 to
> 300 foot length left at the end of a spool is usually scrapped.
> I have a friend that used to pick these end pieces and sell them at local
> Hamfest for 5 cents a foot. I use RG-6 flooded for everything that one
> would
> use RG-59.
> By the way, a good compression crimp tool is a must. Also I bought 200
> waterproof "F" male connectors of Ebay for $20.00
>
> Price WØRI
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