Satellite Cable

[daveturnbull]

Could you tell me if cable to a sky box is just coax cable? My sky box has 2 cables running from the dish and it just looks like just normal coax cable, i want to move my TV so was going to run new cable from my dish to the new point where my tv will be located. Can anyone please advise?
Thank you

 

[securitywarehouse]

its a cox but its 50 ohm coax designed for sat signals, normal tv and cctv coax is 57 ohm. ALso the inner core is larger than rg59/u

 

[lvsystems]

Sure that's not 75 ohm for CCTV

 

[AlanE]

If the existing cable looks like normal co-ax then it's the wrong cable. Satallite co-ax is designed for use at much higher frequencies, lower loss and is screened with a layer of foil which normal co-ax is not.

Use standard and you will regret it - guaranteed.

 

[daveturnbull]

Thank you for your help. Does anyone have a link towhere i can get some?

 

[AlanE]

Depends upon quantity you want but Screwfix sell it also, pretty sure, B & Q. Otherwise electrical or aerial outlet.

 

[plugwash]

satalite grade coax is 75 ohm characteristic impedance as is normal TV coax and composite video coax (50 ohm coax does exist, it's used for ethernet and a lot of ham radio stuff among other things). The difference is in the performance at high frequencies. Any decent supplier of AV kit should be able to supply the stuff though prices vary a lot (personally I bought the last roll I got from rapid electronics). Satalite grade cable is typically black rather than brown or white but otherwise looks outwardly similar.

 

[securitywarehouse]

oopss
yeah supposed to be 75 slight typo there
And yes your right about sat being 75, im wondering if it used to be 50 in analouge days (i must have got it from somewhere)
I believe cheap rg11 is used far sat.

 

[cyndi]

make sure you use sat coax type ct100 will do the job

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