Flexible Coax Cable

[rkassl]

We use a Tailgater in our RV and was wondering does anyone make a flexible rg6 cable that can stand up to rolling and unrolling and that resists kinking?
hanks

 

[navychop]

There is a certain minimum radius you should not bend coax beyond. Also- which receiver? The Hopper requires 3GHz cable. 2GHz is fine for previous receivers.

 

[dvrexpander]

not really but you can roll up coax all day long as long as you don't do any hard bends. I suggest getting a roller to crank it up on and back off when using it.

 

[Brussam]

I use dual coax for our ground tripod. I have had no problem keeping the cables in coils about 12" by rolling in the cable without twisting it. It d0es get to be a little challenge with the 100' pieces. I use both arms like a reel.

Is it critical to not twist the cable, no, but it looks better and outs less stress on the cables. Once twisting starts, it grows.

I only buy solid copper core coax.

I only use a windup reel with single coax cables.

 

[Claude Greiner]

How many feet do you need?

Depending on the footage, go with mini-coax...
http://hollandelectronics.com/catalog/catalog.php?product_id=mini-coax-video-cable

Technically its RG59, but if your doing a short run it should not make a difference in signal quality or loss. I use this stuff for headend installations, because its so small its very flexable and easy to work with.

You can probably get away with 50-75 Feet.

I got white, blue, black, and yellow in all single strands. PM if your looking to have one made up.

Just pay my actual cost plus shipping, which is about $.25 cents per foot plus $1.50 for each compression end.

 

[Claude Greiner]

Mini coax is on the top regular rg6 is on the bottom

 

[KKlare]

I'm sure there are small Teflon-insulated cables used on circuit cards. Note with a higher dielectric constant than polyethylene (RG-59) or air-gap poly (RG-6) the small cable sizes require special fittings, read expensive. There is a minimum radius of curvature there too.
-Ken