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Forums › Home Workshop DIY › RG6 or RG59 for FM aerial?
floydie

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#151209 17-Aug-2014 22:01
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going to be installing a diy FM aerial system into the house that will feed a Car stereo headunit in the garage and my onkyo receiver. is RG6 ok to use for the cable?
 I need to et the aerial out away from the garage as it will have 3 fluoro fittings in there which will probably cause RF interference.

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Aredwood
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  #1110178 17-Aug-2014 22:17

RG6 will work fine. FM broadcast radio is similar frequencies to the old VHF TV frequencies. Supposedly the only situation where RG59 is better than RG6 is for sending composite video over long distances.



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  #1112991 21-Aug-2014 17:32
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Yep. RG6 will work perfectly fine and is more readily available. RG59 is cheaper (usually), but will work equally - for this purpose - as well as having the added benefit of being more flexible. But if you have some left over RG6 from something else, just use that.

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