What do you call that cable that you plug into "antenna in" port on your TV?

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For the life of me can't figure out what the proper name of that cable. For an added bonus, does the type they use in DirectTV installations have a special name? The only difference there is that it has two connections and it's flat, as opposed to cylindrical.
 

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Coax - there you go. Does the directtv receiver use high or low bandwidth, anybody know?
 

WTT0001

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Coaxial Cable, Called Coax for short, 3 main types for residential tv work:

RG59 (Smallest cable, most signal loss, not used all that much these days),
RG6 (Medium Size, Normally used these days (Also Quad Shield, has twice the shielding, less cable loss)
RG11 (Largest cable "normally" used, The Type the cable company uses from pole to pole)

That being said, DTV work should be RG6, but it isn't flat (the one exception that I know of is a 12" Flat cable used in special cases such as through doors and windows, not recommended though)

LMK if you have any more ???s

WTT
DTV/Dish/Dway/Wildblue installer:D
 

WTT0001

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Actually after re-reading your post you may be talking about a dual coax line (2 coax lines joined in the middle). They are not anything special, just a means to save us a bit of time, 2 standard lines would be exactly the same thing:D

WTT
 

Sphexi

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Originally posted by: WTT0001
Coaxial Cable, Called Coax for short, 3 main types for residential tv work:

RG59 (Smallest cable, most signal loss, not used all that much these days),
RG6 (Medium Size, Normally used these days (Also Quad Shield, has twice the shielding, less cable loss)
RG11 (Largest cable "normally" used, The Type the cable company uses from pole to pole)

That being said, DTV work should be RG6, but it isn't flat (the one exception that I know of is a 12" Flat cable used in special cases such as through doors and windows, not recommended though)

LMK if you have any more ???s

WTT
DTV/Dish/Dway/Wildblue installer:D

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The only case you'd ever see flat cable with twin connections would be 300-ohm twinlead, which was used way back on OLD connections from an antenna, not really much in the past 15-20 years. If they hooked you up with that then I feel sorry for you, it's a piss-poor way to hook up satellite.
 

WTT0001

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I think this is what he is talking about, not really flat, more oval but "Flat" in relation to a round single coax. Now, If he is talking about this then I have no clue how/why his DTV system is working.

WTT