RG6 Cable
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See if this might work:
https://www.audioquest.com/cables/bulk-spool-cables/hd6-series-bulk-spool/hd6-pearl
Speedskater
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The RGxx cable numbering system is ancient and obsolete.
Audio and EMI/RFI expert Jim Brown writes:
RG-numbers have not been a spec for half a century. They are a generic descriptor, telling us Radio Frequency Characteristic Impedance and approximate outside diameter, and nothing more. Rather, we should be specifying (or talking about) a particular part number from a particular manufacturer. My last print copy of Belden's catalog is probably 15 years old. It lists fifty two RG59 cables, sixty four RG6s, eighteen RG8s, and thirty two RG11s.
Contemporary MIL specs use a very different numbering system.
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While some cables that meet the RG6 spec are suitable for audio there are other that are only suitable for cable TV signals.
Stick with major cable manufactures like Belden, Canare and Mogami.
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Note that many excellent, suitable bulk cables, cost less than $2.00 per foot.
Audio and EMI/RFI expert Jim Brown writes:
RG-numbers have not been a spec for half a century. They are a generic descriptor, telling us Radio Frequency Characteristic Impedance and approximate outside diameter, and nothing more. Rather, we should be specifying (or talking about) a particular part number from a particular manufacturer. My last print copy of Belden's catalog is probably 15 years old. It lists fifty two RG59 cables, sixty four RG6s, eighteen RG8s, and thirty two RG11s.
Contemporary MIL specs use a very different numbering system.
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While some cables that meet the RG6 spec are suitable for audio there are other that are only suitable for cable TV signals.
Stick with major cable manufactures like Belden, Canare and Mogami.
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Note that many excellent, suitable bulk cables, cost less than $2.00 per foot.
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Phil A
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I usually just use Canare cable as I have the tools and Canare connectors and it is not that hard to do (vs. typical compression connectors used by the cable company). Just use them for video as I have an antenna for TV reception (had the builder's contractor prewire to the garage attic so I could connect and label everything). Markertek (and others) also sell custom cables from major manufacturers.
Speedskater
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Yep. in the US, Markertek and Redco Audio are excellent providers of bulk cables, connectors and completed cables.
https://www.markertek.com/
https://www.redco.com/
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I would be remiss, if I overlooked Blue Jeans Cable.
https://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/audio/index.htm
https://www.markertek.com/
https://www.redco.com/
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I would be remiss, if I overlooked Blue Jeans Cable.
https://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/audio/index.htm
Speedskater
Member
More of a video, digital and analog cable than an antenna cable.
There are antenna's from 1 MHz to 1 GHz. Different cables are more suitable depending on the frequency.
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But looking further, in the 1694A specs:
Use: Black suitable for indoor and outdoor aerial applications.
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