Coaxial cable

Buy RG6 coax - it has less signal loss. Most of the time 25 feet is long enough for me.... never needed more than 50 foot.

There are many grades of RG-6, but for 25' ish just get something that can be coiled easily. Just don't buy RG-59

X2 on buying RG6 coax. I don't recall ever needing more than 25 feet for park cable either, but we carry four 50ft coils and two25 ft coils for our portable satellite dish anyway, so we can reach the cable port pretty much wherever they put it if we want to and aren't using it for the dish. ;)

Are all Cars Equal (Is a Ford Focus equal to a Chevrolet Impala or a Cadillac?) of course not

Coax cables are like that too
RG-59.. Ford focus of cables, up to perhaps a mid range chevy

RG-5, about half way down from mid range to Cadillac.

And there are better cables as well but the cost is .. Well think Lamborgini and you have the idea.

I'd go with RG-6. In fact.. I did.

wa8yxm wrote:
RG-5, about half way down from mid range to Cadillac

RG-5? Is this a typo? I've never heard of RG-5.

RG6. And go ahead and spend a few extra dollars and get a quad shielded RG6.

I think he meant RG59. RG6 and RG59 are both 75 ohm coax cables. RG6 is typically used for connecting video sources because it's 75 ohm. Other coax's are designed for different applications and many have different characteristic impedances.

I think what the OP is asking though is all video coax created equal (all RG6). The ratio of the distance from the inner conducter to the outer conducter and the dieclectric in between determine the characteristic impedance of the coax. But some RG6 have less expensive connecters and sheaving, So even though they're
RG6, they aren't as good.

For the length you need when camping, gets whatever is available at a reasonable price. The difference between RG-6 and RG-59 is meaningless for all practical purposes, if the signal strength is poor, it's similar for both . 59 is smaller, more flexible, and easiee to deal with.The quality of the connectors will make more difference than the type of cable.

BB_TX wrote:
RG6. And go ahead and spend a few extra dollars and get a quad shielded RG6.

then make sure you get the Quad Shield connectors, the others won't fit

Twenty feet is long enought. Problem with hooking up to camp cable is some have good strength, some have weak signal. Jim2007