Topic: Rg6 Vs Rg59
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What is the difference between RG59 and RG6?
Hi Jo, thanks for the question. RG is the military designation for coaxial cable. It actually stands for "radio grade". Both RG6 and RG59 cable being 75 Ohm the most noteable diference is the gauge of the copper center, as well as the quali... Read More »
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What is the difference between RG59 and RG6 cable?
RG6 and RG59 cables are both forms of co-axial cable that have a characteristic impedance of 75 ohms making them both useful for video and television applications. The RG designation is now an obsolete one because it failed to define a full... Read More »
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What is the difference between an rg6&rg59 cable?
In the United States you typically have two choices when it comes to delivery of your television signal from the source (cable junction or satellite dish) to the decoder (set-top box or internal television decoder). This choice is RG 59 or ... Read More »
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RG59 has a little less signal reduction, or attenuation. Use RG6 for any Rapid Frequencies, and use RG59 for video frequencies. Read More »
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RG-6/U is the best one. it is a common type of coaxial cable used in a wide variety of residential and commercial applications.the center conductor is ordinarily solid copper, the shielding is much heavier (typically aluminum foil/95% coppe... Read More »
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RG6 Dual or Quad Shield shouldn't be utilized for base band applications, such as video projectors, component video - MORE? Read More »
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Here in the Los Angeles area, all of the local channels stations are transmitted in the UHF band, channels 14 - 69 and their sub-channels. All 3 coax cables will probably work, but I went with the RG-6U cable because of my 75 ft. run from t... Read More »
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RG 6 cable is larger in diameter than RG 59. if you have a sample of either cable that is known, compare it to the cable in question. The diameter of the cable is obvious in comparison. In addition the cable will not catch fire (lol) Both t... Read More »
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While RG59 may suffice for today, why plan for obsolescence? Instead, spend the few extra bucks to run RG6. I'd be surprised if the cabling cost you 10% more... Source(s): Years of gadget geekery. Read More »
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Thin ethernet (Thinnet) uses RG-58 cable and is called 10Base2.(The '2' now denoting 200m maximum length). Read More »
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