as part of my basement remodelling project, i'm revisiting all of my telco, network and video runs in the joist space under the subfloor.
currently i have 100-foot bundles of RG-6 (i think, it may be RG58/59) because 50's were too short. as such, i coils of cables strapped to the subfloor near the video distribution amp (it's a 1x4, but i'm looking for a 4x8 - any suggestions?). couple of questions
1) is there any harm in having all that excess cable on each run? does coiling the cables lend to any interference or signal loss?
note: i am keeing the coax at least 1 foot away from flourescent fixtures, ballasts and parallel power runs.
2) if it would be advisable to cut the cables to length, is this a difficult thing to do? I custom cut UTP cable all the time, so i'm familiar with the concepts, but i've never actually cut/crimped coax before. I'd assume that all i would need is a co-ax stripper and a crimper (ratchet type would probably give the best results, yes?). anything else i'd need or need to know?
Thanks
BeekerC
currently i have 100-foot bundles of RG-6 (i think, it may be RG58/59) because 50's were too short. as such, i coils of cables strapped to the subfloor near the video distribution amp (it's a 1x4, but i'm looking for a 4x8 - any suggestions?). couple of questions
1) is there any harm in having all that excess cable on each run? does coiling the cables lend to any interference or signal loss?
note: i am keeing the coax at least 1 foot away from flourescent fixtures, ballasts and parallel power runs.
2) if it would be advisable to cut the cables to length, is this a difficult thing to do? I custom cut UTP cable all the time, so i'm familiar with the concepts, but i've never actually cut/crimped coax before. I'd assume that all i would need is a co-ax stripper and a crimper (ratchet type would probably give the best results, yes?). anything else i'd need or need to know?
Thanks
BeekerC