"Chris W" wrote in message
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I want to build a 1.2 Ghz antenna for this tiny wireless camera receiver I
have. The antenna on it uses an F connector so I am guessing it is a 75
ohm antenna. I have seen several web pages with a collinear design using
50 ohm coax cable. If I use some 75 ohm cable TV coax to make the antenna
do I need to do anything else to match the antenna to the 75 ohms of the
RX? Also does anyone know what eh velocity factor for the coax the cable
company uses is?

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Chris W
KE5GIX

Hi Chris

Are you considering building a highly directive collinear antenna like
Brian Oblivion + Capt Kaboom describe on their web site? If so, be sure
to use a coax that you can solder to. Some RG-6 wont take solder. The
RG-6 dielectric is foamed poly, so that makes it a little more difficult to
solder than to Teflon dielectric cables.
The velocity of propagation of RG-6 is not constant. It depends on the
manufacturer. The VP is close to 0.8, but can vary from about 0.75 to
0.85.

If you plan high directivity from an end fed collinear, you will need to
be very careful to build it with precision to produce a main beam thats
perpendicular to it.

The nice part of the "Kaboom" type collinear antenna is it is very
inexpensive to build so you can build one and try it, then make another
thats a bit closer to your requirements (if needed).

Jerry