I'm in the process of cabling an old house for network (cat 5e not 6) &
telephone.
It has just dawned on me that I also should run co-ax for tv and radio
outlets at the same time.
Any suggestions please for what type of co-ax I should use and any
recommended suppliers. I will need about 300m for each.
Max. run is about 35m.

Any other pratfalls that I should be aware of?

The old house was totally rewired and equipped with a new ch/hw system
about 6 years ago. These are fine.
Burglar alarm and smoke/fire detection stuff is in place and working well.

The house is my late fathers old place and I intend to move into it.....
eventually.

Thanks

Nick.

Repeat your query in uk.tech.digital-tv and see if Bill Wright can give you
some ideas. He is a true professional installer who is happy to share his
expertise with the group.

Peter Crosland

"Peter Crosland" wrote in
:

Repeat your query in uk.tech.digital-tv and see if Bill Wright can
give you some ideas. He is a true professional installer who is happy
to share his expertise with the group.

Peter Crosland

Good advice - choosing the cable is the easy bit, you'll need amps and
things to do the job right if you're splitting 300m into 8-odd runs.

mike

In message , Peter
Crosland wrote
Repeat your query in uk.tech.digital-tv and see if Bill Wright can give you
some ideas. He is a true professional installer who is happy to share his
expertise with the group.


Bill's article on co-ax cable can be found at

http://www.wrightsaerials.tv/coaxcablequalityhmdim.htm


--
Alan
news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com

In article , Peter
Crosland writes
Repeat your query in uk.tech.digital-tv and see if Bill Wright can give you
some ideas. He is a true professional installer who is happy to share his
expertise with the group.

Peter Crosland



CT100 satellite grade cable excellent for TV and Sat and most anything
else!.

Expect CPC do it, possibly screwfix
--
Tony Sayer

On Fri, 5 May 2006 22:35:26 +0100, "Nick" wrote:

|I'm in the process of cabling an old house for network (cat 5e not 6) &
|telephone.
|It has just dawned on me that I also should run co-ax for tv and radio
|outlets at the same time.

Run expensive Satellite cable everywhere, CT100 or similar, copper braid
and *copper* foil, *no* aluminium.
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On Fri, 5 May 2006 22:41:53 +0100, "Peter Crosland"
wrote:

|Repeat your query in uk.tech.digital-tv and see if Bill Wright can give you
|some ideas. He is a true professional installer who is happy to share his
|expertise with the group.

Agreed Bill is a great Guy.
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In article , Nick
wrote:

Any suggestions please for what type of co-ax I should use and any
recommended suppliers.

Any CAI certified cable. Look for the certificate number printed down the
length of the cable.

Our preference is for Pope WF100 which is a foam filled cable. It is
slightly more resilient than air cored like H109F, but either will be fine
if you take care not to damage it with sharp bends.

Check the certificate is current BTW. One manufacturer has lost their
certification for some reason. You will be safe with Pope or Volex though.

Oh yes, don't be fobbed off with "SAT100" aluminium foil screened rubbish.

--
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On Sat, 6 May 2006 08:56:18 +0100, "Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics)"
had this to say:

In article , Nick
wrote:

Any suggestions please for what type of co-ax I should use and any
recommended suppliers.

Any CAI certified cable. Look for the certificate number printed down the
length of the cable.

Our preference is for Pope WF100 which is a foam filled cable.

As used by Vatican Radio?

--
Frank Erskine

Frank Erskine wrote:

On Sat, 6 May 2006 08:56:18 +0100, "Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics)"
had this to say:
[...]
Our preference is for Pope WF100 which is a foam filled cable.

Are they bringing the Pope name back, Andy? I'd have called it Webro
WF100. Whichever, I second your recommendation - WF100 (Webro Foam,
1.00 mm) is good stuff. I far prefer the foam dielectric cables over
the more traditional (in Britain) 5-cell semi-air spaced kind. Foam
doesn't conduct water, and is easier to handle, less prone to kinking
and crushing, etc. etc.

As used by Vatican Radio?

:-) Pope NV was a Dutch coaxial cable manufacturer, well-known for their
TV distribution cables. They were part of the Philips empire, until
being acquired by Belden about a decade ago. The factory in Venlo is
still going (and is also where CT100 is now made, since the old Raydex
factory in Skelmersdale closed).

BTW, the CAI list of approved 'benchmarked' cables is he
http://www.cai.org.uk/htm/popupcable.htm

--
Andy

Check the certificate is current BTW. One manufacturer has lost their
certification for some reason. You will be safe with Pope or Volex though.

Care to say who Andy ?

Dave

Agreed Bill is a great Guy.

He is. I pointed out, in a nice way, something that was incorrect on the
aerials part of the web site and I had a really great, nice email back
thanking me for spotting it.

Dave

In article , Andy Wade
wrote:

Are they bringing the Pope name back, Andy? I'd have called it Webro
WF100.

Well, I am embarrassed to admit that I can't find any trace of the Pope
name. Shows how long I have been trying to earn a crust in this business I
suppose. And all without the use of wet string and car body filler. :-)

BTW, the CAI list of approved 'benchmarked' cables is he
http://www.cai.org.uk/htm/popupcable.htm

Interesting that the one that lost their certificate is still in the list.
Maybe it's been re-issued. Still wouldn't use their products though, since
they did the independents over in the same way that Labgear did. Mind you,
Labgear reaped just rewards for that.

--
AJL