hbiss

No. .320 is actually solid sheathed or hardline. RG-11 is the usual braid over foil. .320 has a bit less attenuation than RG-11 with better shielding due to it's solid sheath. The application is a CATV drop cable though I could see it used for long DBS runs. No need to use it for video because baseband video only goes to 6Mhz. That's why the old mil spec RG-59 with copper braid, solid copper center conductor and solid poly dielectric is normally used.

As to RG-8, don't confuse your cables. RG-8 is similar in size to RG-11 but is a 50 ohm cable used in communications like to connect a transmitter or receiver to an antenna. It's smaller counterpart is RG-58 which you might remember from the CB radio days and the old thinnet computer networks. All CATV cables are 75 ohm.

You mentioned head-end cable. If you are talking about the cable used to interconnect equipment in the racks at a cable companies head-end, that would usually be either an RG-59 or an RG-6 size cable. Head-end lashup cable is a special highly shielded cable with a silver plated center conductor.

-Hal

monitormix

I am aware that RG-8 is 50 ohm. I've only used it for uhf antennae to da's for rf mics. Actually we usually used RG-8x from Belden. Who actually manufactures the .320? Is it Commscope, Belden other?

hbiss

I have only seen Commscope although Times may make it also.

-Hal

cochise7969

The coax thing always puts me between the charred walls of the dammed. So many different coax sizes and so many different connector sizes. I was buying these F type compression connectors from Ideal that was a 1 size fits all and they were $1.95 each, I know that's expensive but worth it for me but they stopped making them. I hate getting to the job site pull cable and then the ends don't fit!!

drsparky

Just splice the cables together. Connectors are overrated.

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