Very Naive question

[greenhorn]

Speaking of Naive, anyone know what Evian (as in the water) spells backwards?
I'm toying with the idea of getting a radio for the house. Would it just be a terrible, stupid Idea to use the existing T.V. type coax one a 150' run to my old off site antenna location. I know I can't use the t.v. antenna but I was wondering if I could use the existing coax. It's burried already and is there. Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

Geoff

[busman]

wont work im pretty sure. tv coax is 75 ohm and cb coax is 50 ohm. i think. not a good idea.

[greenhorn]

OK, thanks. Should I just erase this post before I make a complete **Censored** of myself?!?! Naaaaaa, check my name! No shame in the game!

Thanks again!

[crazytruker]

busman is right. if it is the flat wire to the tv antenna it would be 300 ohm. cb is 50. I never payed attention to the water name backwards LOL too funny. No doubt that bottled water is a rip off. And their name is perfect as it prolly is tap water bottled.

[perrym1962]

I read somewhere that the only dumb question is one that is not asked.

[crazytruker]

not dumb at all. had you not asked and just did your thing you would have a system that would not work properly and would have burned up the radio

Smoke = bad in cb.

[greenhorn]

busman is right. if it is the flat wire to the tv antenna it would be 300 ohm. cb is 50. I never payed attention to the water name backwards LOL too funny. No doubt that bottled water is a rip off. And their name is perfect as it prolly is tap water bottled.

Yeah, I always get a kick outta that joke.
The COAX is actually round. It's the same type of coax which is used for cable t.v. Maybe it will work? I'm gonna go enjoy some tap water now.

[crazytruker]

if it's the round type like cable tv it is 75 ohm and won't work

[greenhorn]

Cool, thanks for the advice Crazy!

[rev ike]

green horn nw indiana huh? anyway if its buried and has conduit you could probly use the old type to pull through the new coax when you get it i assume this is for a tower so dont dig ti all up yet cause if you can either pill a guide wire through or use one cable to pull the other oh yeah where in NWI? pm.me.
might save some YENOM

[Punkin Head]

yep everybody here is correct, it is wrong and will not work. another reason it wont work is the ends are wrong size and will not even screw on the antenna or radio so you would have learned that before you hurt anything. BUT its always better to ask before you do mess somethin up

73's bud

[Night Crawler]

It will work but with the impedance mismatch you'll never get you swrs
below 1.7/1 and with 150 feet you'll have quite a bit of loss.