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Coaxial Cable Solutions Guide General Cable offers a complete line of Carol® Brand Coaxial Cables for today’s sophisticated high-speed, wide-bandwidth electronics products that run over long distances with minimal signal loss or degradation. General Cable has the right coaxial cable to serve every application, including: • CATV/MATV/DBS • HDTV/SDI • CCTV The General Cable Coaxial Cable Solutions Guide is a quick-reference tool to make it easier to specify and sell the right cable for the required application – residential, commercial, entertainment and security. Whatever the application calls for, we have a coaxial cable that delivers the performance your customers need. CATV/MATV/DBS Broadband signal, 5 MHz–3 GHz, VHF/UHF, is traditionally transmitted as an analog signal received directly off air (MATV) or delivered as a community access television (CATV) service and uses a 75 Ohm system. Recommended Coaxial Cable Construction: Copper clad steel (CCS) conductor with a foam polyethylene or Teflon* core, an aluminum/Mylar* foil, a minimum of 60% braid, which is typically aluminum (AL) for this application, and a PVC jacket. For home use, a CM rated coax should be used. A commercial application may require a National Electrical Code (NEC 800 or 725) Riser (CMR) or Plenum (CMP) rated cable. Economical cable solutions use low smoke PVC (75˚C) jackets. Teflon* (FEP) and other fluoropolymer materials (150˚C) may be used to provide a more durable and higher-temperature cable alternative. It is a common misconception that RG 6 coax is “better” than RG 59. While RG 6 has become the industry standard and is an excellent value, it is a larger cable than RG 59. RG 6 allows the same signal level to be delivered a greater distance. This is expressed as a decibel value at particular frequencies. For example, at 100 MHz, General Cable’s Carol® Brand part number C5775 RG 6 coax cable has an attenuation value of 2.05 db/100'. A similar construction Carol® Brand part number C5782 RG 59 coax cable exhibits an attenuation value (loss) at 100 MHz frequency of 2.70 db/100'. This may or may not be significant, depending on the input signal level and distance of the cable run. For a longer cable run, or if the coax cable is planned for use as the backbone in a system, Carol® Brand part number C5039 RG 11 coax cable should be used, because its attenuation at 100 MHz frequency is 1.30 db/100'. CATV/MATV/DBS RG 59, RG 6 and RG 11 Ratings Coax Solution Carol Belden Genesis West Penn Commscope RG 6 CCS/Foil/60% AL Braid CATV/CM C5775 9116/1829A 5303 841 5726 RG 6 CCS/Foil/60% AL Braid CATVR/CMR C5886 9116R — — — RG 6 CCS/Quad/Foil/60%/40% AL Braid CATV/CM C5785 1189A 5307 Q841 5740 RG 6 CCS/Quad/Foil/60%/40% AL Braid CATVR/CMR C5889 1884A — — — RG 6 CCS/Foil/60% AL Braid CMP - Plenum C3524 9116P — 25841 2275K RG 6 CCS/Quad/Foil/60%/40% AL Braid CMP - Plenum C3525 1189AP — 25Q841 — RG 11 CCS/Foil/60% AL Braid CATV/CM C5039 1525A — — 5913 RG 11 CCS/Foil/60% AL Braid CL2P/CMP - Plenum C3528 1523AP — — 2285K *Note: DuPont™ trademark 87