Re: Distributing TV signals.

[Stuart Grimshaw <stuart@xxxxxxx>]

dammit. I knew I should have run som ct100 while I was doing the other
cable.

and the only hole in the wall I plasterd up is the one I would want to run
the coax through DAMMIT!!

On Thursday 30 August 2001 12:38 pm, Richard Malcolm-Smith wrote:
> Stuart Grimshaw wrote:
> > Is there any way to pass the signal from a TV aerial/booster down
cat5?
> >
> > If it's possible, what would the signal be like?
>
> If you are refering to the UHF RF signal, then No, it cant be. Cable
is
> speced to 350 MHz in the case of cat5e, and UHF goes up to past
700ish.
>
> Then there is the impedance issue - the stupid little balun plugs that
> go from coax to 2 terminals are designed for 300 ohm twinlead. cat5 is
> 100 ohm. I suppose you could re-wind a balun for 100 ohm:75 ohm, and
> only use the really really low UHF channels and the cable ones that
live
> around 200MHz, but why?
>
> If its to a single TV, then get some of Keiths KAT5's and send the
> demodulated AV from something like a VCR or Sky box. If its from a
> single source, then send it via kat5's to a modulator at the far end.
>
> If you want to get several channels down the cable, your out of luck
> sorry..
>
>
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