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Re: I assume RG6 for in-home cabling? You don't install RG-11 in a regular house. RG-11 is use for very long service drop (150'-300') from the pole to the house. There's no difference in signal strength between 75' of RG-6 and 75' of RG-11. We will only see a lower lost on higher frequencies when the cable drop is very long, not on short distance.
Connectors are bigger and difficult ton install behind a wall plate, it's really overkill for 75'. |
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| well, should they use it for my new drop that is happening soon? it is 180ft |
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 DarkLogixPremium
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
kudos:3 | reply to RG11overkill
All cable has a percent loss per foot
with RG6 its lower than RG59
RG6QS even lower
and RG11 even lower
the common use of this is that with less loss per foot you can run it a longer distance
when you use RG11 in a place where RG59 could work then the loss is simpily so low because of the distance that its not currently enough to make a differance
and it is currently super overkill for 98% of cable runs
maybe in 10-20 years we'll get to the point that the loss on RG6QS is enough to cause a problem but at the same time in 20 years we might have left copper in the dust |
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rody_44Premium
join:2004-02-20
Quakertown, PA
1 edit | reply to nate1234
no they wont use rg11, they should and probably will use qr320. much much better than rg11 and about the same diameter as rg11. rg11 is so old school these days. |
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