Is this good RG6 cable?

Offroad · Oct 28, 2007

Doing a bit of rewiring soon, and was looking to buy some quality cable by the foot. <html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns

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According to an email from them the RG6 they sell by the foot has the same specs as their "Professional Quality" cable. They did not tell me what brand it is however.

"60% aluminum braid. 100% foil shield. Super durable PVC jacket. Foamed polyethylene dielectric. Solid Copper Center conductor. UL Approved / DirecTV Approved / SBCA Compliant / Swept-Tested to 3 GHz"

Is this very good cable?
Anywhere else have a better deal?

Thanks.

webbydude · Oct 28, 2007

Just going by the specs listed, especially the solid copper core and swept-testing of 3 Gig, I'd say the cable itself is good. As to the price, I'm sure others will chime in.

RandallA · Oct 29, 2007

That's good cable but have you checked your local Craigslist. I bought a 1000' box of Vextra cable for $40.00 but it was local pickup, don't know if he will ship.

1000' RG6 RG-6 Coaxial Cable Pull Box 3Ghz 3000Mhz

Offroad · Oct 29, 2007

RandallA said:
That's good cable but have you checked your local Craigslist. I bought a 1000' box of Vextra cable for $40.00 but it was local pickup, don't know if he will ship.

Thanks for the tip, I found the same cable but its not local. I'm checking on shipping.

lumpkin666 · Oct 29, 2007

You might check ebay. I picked up a very nice roll of comscope RG6 quadshield for $35 shipped from an ebay seller recently. It was advertised as 750ft, but I've pulled over that much off the roll already, and there's still at least 100ft left on there.

DJ Rob · Oct 30, 2007

I just bought a 500' spool of Belden 7915A for $80 shipped. It is really good cable for both CATV and satellite.

hedbert · Oct 30, 2007

I buy all of my cables from My Cable Mart. My Cable Mart

Offroad · Nov 2, 2007

RandallA said:
That's good cable but have you checked your local Craigslist. I bought a 1000' box of Vextra cable for $40.00 but it was local pickup, don't know if he will ship.

1000' RG6 RG-6 Coaxial Cable Pull Box 3Ghz 3000Mhz

Thanks again for the Craigslist tip, a friend helped me do a local pickup and I got a 1000' box of the same 3ghz copper center cable for $35.

RandallA · Nov 3, 2007

Offroad said:
Thanks again for the Craigslist tip, a friend helped me do a local pickup and I got a 1000' box of the same 3ghz copper center cable for $35.

Cool! Glad you found it.

mdwatt · Nov 5, 2007

RG-6, 3Ghz rating, solid copper center conducter......doesn't get much better than that when it comes to cable. Only thing that might make it better would be quad shielding, but in most cases that's probably overkill anyway.

Offroad · Nov 7, 2007

I did happen to notice that Vextra specs the braid shield as being 55% coverage instead of the usual 60%. I guess this is no big deal?

http://www.vextratech.com/pdfs/V621.pdf

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