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What exactly is low loss cable?

  • 23-01-2017 08:03PM
    #1
    €>sense
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 146 ✭✭


    I have standard unused Sky satellite cable running in my attic to my office, can this be used for an external antenna?

    Would make installation a breeze if all I had to do was drill the gable wall in the attic and feed the cable out.


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  • #2
    Alter-Ego
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭Alter-Ego


    €>sense wrote: »
    I have standard unused Sky satellite cable running in my attic to my office, can this be used for an external antenna?

    Would make installation a breeze if all I had to do was drill the gable wall in the attic and feed the cable out.

    Sadly not. The impedance on satellite co-ax is different to that of cables used for LTE antennae. You would get no signal, or at least issues with dropped packets.


  • #3
    €>sense
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 146 ✭✭€>sense


    Curses!!


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