Re: Connecting 16th century antenna wire to 21st century coax

["BruceR" <br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here's a picture of one w/female f connector:
http://store.eenid.us/ph61009.html

From:Art
arthurgernberg@xxxxxxxxxxx

> 300 Ohm foam Filled Transmission Line, Matching Balum 300 ohm to 75
> Ohm with the appropiate terminals will work just fine with minimual
> loss. The Matching Devices can be probably bought at the local Radio
> Shack or any Radio TV Supply.
> <bruno.lerer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1138068590.062816.77730@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Yet another strange question from yours truly: on the roof of my
>> house, anchored to the chimney, is a large outdoor antenna. No idea
>> which antenna - it was installed before my time, probably 15 years
>> ago (or more) and, for various reasons, I can't climb on the roof to
>> find out.  From that antenna and into the house runs a brown cable
>> (or is
>> it wire?) labeled "Belden Celluline 9275 300 ohm UHF transmission"
>> and a bunch of patent numbers.
>>
>> For some strange reason (it may have been done by the cable company
>> when cable was first installed in the house - also before my time),
>> that Belden cable was cleanly cut mid-way through its run across the
>> basement.  While it doesn't look like any twin-lead cable I've seen
>> before (and, admittedly, I haven't seen that many), it has a white
>> core which looks like frozen foam and what appear to be two very thin
>> metal lines, one on each side of the core.
>>
>> And the question: I want to find out if that antenna+cable setup
>> still delivers a signal.  I would like to do it by connecting the
>> Belden cable to a standard RG6 coax and then to a regular or HD
>> tuner.  I understand that this connection would require a gizmo
>> called a balun but that's as far as my understanding goes.  So what
>> type of balun is it (if there is more than one)? How difficult is it
>> to find? I imagine I need to strip the Belden cable on one hand and
>> the RG6 on the other in order to connect them to the balun. Is it
>> possible and, if so, how is it done?
>>
>> Thanks.