Re: Need some antenna advice (for my CM15A, of course)

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

I'm not sure how you got the wrong impression. The web page for the antenna
spells it out (I have now added some emphasis.) and, IIRC, I covered this in
one of my detailed responses to your questions.

     http://www.mbx-usa.com/eggbeater.htm

Using the 75-ohm F connectors is probably OK but buying preassembled cables
is likely to give better connections. You'll see some loss with each less
than optimal choice. I don't know the magnitude of the loss from the cable
mismatch.

Cable TV needs more bandwidth than we need here. The X-10 signal is 310MHz
AM with rather narrow bandwidth.

"Michael G." <514mike@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>HI Dave,
>
>Okay, thanks.  Yes, RG58/U is very easy to find, and it's pretty cheap,
>too.
>
>For some reason, I was under the impression that I needed the more
>expensive RG62, as I used for the phasing wire.
>
>I do have a 50 foot spool of RG-58 (or perhaps RG6) here.  The ends are
>not BNC, though.  They are the regular cable wire ends (F-connectors, I
>believe they are called)
>
>Can I go with those types of connectors, or do I have to splice the
>wire?
>
>Also, will RG6 be a problem?  I remember the cable guy telling me that
>RG6 is much better than RG58, but perhaps that is only for digital
>cable applications...
>
>MG