Do ypu have to use 70 feet of coax as it says? and if anyone has one how is it holding up
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If you have a g5rv antenna it will cover all bands from 80 meters to 6 meters. I tried using it with my yaesu 450-d that has a built in antenna tuner and it did not work out well. I did not want to fork out the extra money for a separate antenna tuner. But you should not have to cut any of the wire.
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There is no way to disconnect the coax from the antenna. Mine performs as expected for a G5RV. Well made. It has survived several severe storms and doing well so far this winter. Honestly, one could be made for a lot less, but if you are not into homebrew, I would recommend this as the price is decent for the quality. Using it a Yaesu FT-857 and YT-100 Tuner. Tunes good, but not the best antenna I've used for "all bands".Hope this helps!KC9QVGAlex L
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Actually it's a 1/8" no coax. look at the picture in Amazon ... of the back of the unit
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You can but need a special connector for the coax cable. I went to radio shack and they had 50 foot cable with all the connectors for 25 bucks. Worked great.
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About 8-10 feet. I attached an adapter and added a 20 foot coax so I could put it up higher.
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Bob: Check with your cable or sat box company. Generally not good for boxes (electronics below 40*F. TV's same way. I ran tie in to sat feed off one of the coax's. Check on google search for more answers.
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To be honest I think you will have to try it or call the company about your location. By the way, I am happy with the product, I install in the attic of my house run coax cable to both of my TV.
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No it does not work from a standard Coax cable- THIS CABLE will not work for that ,it is some type of specialty coax hookup not for home
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Apologies. Your question is more technical than I can answer. I just hooked the thing up and it worked (well). I run nothing more on the coax in my house than the antenna signal. I should add add that the signal strength has degraded somewhat (fewer channels) since I installed the amplifier in January, but the decrease in performance could be attributable to something other than the amp. Will investigate before winter.
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Yes. Every time you split a Coax cable, you will lose a given amount of signal strength, measured in dB. Also, the longer a cable is, the more signal loss can result. For a typical RG6 cables longer than 200ft, it's recommended to increase the quality to an RG7 cable (same when running ~100ft of RG5, go to RG6). Generally, you would want your Cable Modem for Internet on the strongest signal, as cable boxes can amplify the signal they receive.
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From what I remember it's @30'. It's possible to extend it a short amount with high quality RG6 coax. You'll need TNC to F adapters & you must use the length of the supplied coax in order to maintain the 50 ohm impedance that the transceiver needs.
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I believe using 100 feet of it might be somewhat lossy on UHF and VHF, I use a short length(6ft) for a handytalky dual bander antenna in my bedroom, if I were to mount on top of the roof, I'd get the larger(not rg58 lol) and better coax to go vhf/uhf with that long of a run. Quality coax is like quality tools, work better/last longer. I suggest a quick call to HRO and get their advice.
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Not coaxial cable, but VGA cable with BNC connectors. There are several "extension cables" available on Amazon (see VideoSecu 100 Feet Pre-made All-in-One Video Power BNC RCA Cable CCTV DVR System Security Surveillance Camera Extension Cable 1JE for an example), and most include both BNC video and power in one cable set, as you would need both. I'm sure there is some practical limit at which you start to experience signal deterioration, but I think you could go at least 100-150 ft. with no worries by my layman's guess.
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I have tested two 50 foot cables separately and the results were positive. One of the cable was good and the other one was bad. I also extended the 50 by joining another 20 and successfully tested 70 foot. I can't technically comment for 120 but, check the batteries.
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Yes, its designed to use 300 ohm cable. To convert to coax you will need a booster (which is normally not needed) and a 75ohm to 300ohm transformer.
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If your signal to noise ratio is above 29db then it's outstanding. If you have alot of noise on your line then the amp will amplify the noise as well as the signal. So in this case an amplifier is ok. Now your downstream power level leaves much to be desired. The closer to zero the better and at 10.5 your almost at the point where your modem can't hear the signal from the node. seeing that you have low noise on the line that tells me your coax lines are good and since your upstream db is 47 and within spec then the node can hear your modem just fine. So that tells me your drop from the pole is really long probably over 100 feet I'm guessing? In this case I would say yes this amplifier is an excellent solution to your problem, but I would stress that one you try to have a direct drop without splitters if possible because your cable tv could be the culprit here and second put the amplifier at the point of the coax entrance to your home for best performance. Good luck and I hope I helped.
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besides the magnetic antenna, it comes with an antenna connector. I'm not sure if it will support coax cable
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Run a power signal amplifier up to 20 - 30 feet downstream from the antenna. You can then run 2 - 75 foot coax from the amplifier with no signal loss. Better ones have two out to TV connections and a lit power on indicator. Trick is to adjust the antenna position for maximum reception. The powered signal amp will make all the difference. Expect to pay 60.00 dollars and up for a decent amp. If you post the question I will tell you which model and where to buy. I'm talking pro equipment.