Steve wrote:
John Stumbles wrote:
On Wed, 09 May 2007 23:00:27 +0000, Robin wrote:


I expect someone will be along shortly who can answer on all points.
In the meantime, if you have not seen it already, you might care to
read Bill Wright's excellent (dare I say seminal?) article on cables
http://www.wrightsaerials.tv/coaxcablequalityhmdim.htm to see where
RG6 stands in the rankings.

HTH


It does indeed - excellent, thanks. I've started a wiki page on it here

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...Installati on



Very good.

Just to add that 50 Ohm cable is used, almost exclusively, in radio
communications and this is its main use.

Steve
Odd. I have only ever uses 50 ohm cable around the lab. Or for Ethernet.
All anteannae are fed via 75ohm cable, as this matches the natural
impedance of a dipole.