[mythtv-users] RG-6 coax cable

[Kirby Bakken]

R wrote:

>I want to connect the HD card to the HD Antenna.
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>How is a new RG-6 coax cable better than a
>new Digicon DS6QT-10-03 CATV coax cable?
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I could be wrong...  But I think 'DS6QT' is a Digicon 'F' connector.  
Most likely, your CATV coax cable IS RG6.  And for the most part, you 
don't care what kind of 75 ohm cable you have if its less that 10 feet 
or so....  Most 'good' RG6 cable loses 5db per 100 feet at UHF channel 
50 (or so).