RG6 coax for cb radio use anygood ???

[WARLOCK]

have just been given loads of RG6 satelite coax would this be any good to use for cb radio,?? Thanks in advance for any replies

[paulears]

It's low loss, and thin - but a rotten match to 50Ohm systems as It's 75Ohm - in reality, on receive it's not really a problem, but with all the usual grief getting a radio matched to the antenna, using 75Ohm cable makes all the readings your meter provides a bit pointless. A length of RG6 to a 50Ohm dummy load doesn't give you a 1:1 VSWR, which 50Ohm cable will.

[Kaos]

The link below should help explain it in a nutshell. Thanks in advance.....

http://bfy.tw/DCmu