ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade General Discussion Area What type of phone/TV cables do you use?

I'm only waiting for the full-wireless Internet-television-phone system. I have to buy a TV, but I guess I'll wait until the technology will be set up. I guess it will be ready in some months.
You have a simple plug you plug into the electricity, and all comes thru the elec. cable and forwarded by wifi.

I've seen RG58 used on TV as well, but conversely I've also come across RG59 on 50-ohm radio equipment! "Impedance mismatch? What does that mean?"

Multi-room VCR/satellite/terrestrial digital feeds are becoming more common here, and in many cases I've had to try to sort out the mess of poor signals which are the result of people using any old cable they lay their hands on in combination with low-quality splitters and pre-amps daisy-chained like fairy lights.

My choice of cables depends very much upon the individual installation, what is needed right now, and what the customer may want to add in the future.

I use RG59 on 50-ohm radio systems, but just as a matching transformer :-)

When I wired my house, I pulled 3 runs of cat5 to each plate except the wall phones - ethernet, phone, and spare - and I have already used the spare in 3 places for a second ether and for temperature monitoring. The price difference between cat3 and cat5 is low enough; running cat5 gives me more expansion options.

As for catv, I cringe whenever someone uses something without a foil shield. Too much noise leaking out makes it tough to hear the 145.25 repeater. I even saw one guy use speaker wire to extend his catv - and he had an Extra license :-(