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Originally Posted by GroundUrMast
I've been satisfied with the standard dual shield product stocked at Home Depot. I've used the factory assembled cables as well as the 100' & 500' rolls of bulk product.
I can't think of many instances where quad-shielding provides any tangible benefit in an OTA antenna application. The primary purpose of quad-shielding is in applications such as satellite LNB to receiver... Where the frequencies overlap with terrestrial microwave systems. Any signal leaking in or out of the cable would pose an interference problem. If the product is priced the same or you want to be able to use the cable in a satellite system at a later date, then certainly use it, it will do fine in an OTA application.
In OTA antenna applications, the antenna end of the coax is effectively open to the air, given that it's intentionally connected to the antenna. A small amount of signal leaking through the shield poses no significant problem.
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Not sure if you were saying quad shield cable can pose an interference problem or not....
I saw these options at Home Depot:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Southwire...specifications
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Southwire...8245/202316478
They are also available at Amazon. If I get a spool, what connectors do I need? Is there any other tools, etc. I need?
Am I wrong to thing this wouldn't work if the cable has to be run outside:
http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_i...seq=1&format=2
I'm wondering about these as well:
http://www.mediabridgeproducts.com/s...idCategory=237
If I have to replace I want to replace with it with a very good cable.