RG-6 cable is the coaxial cable most commonly used to distribute cable television or DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite) signals throughout the home. RG-6 is very popular because it loses less signal than its smaller-diameter brother RG 59 and is more flexible than its larger-diameter brother RG 11. As signal travels through RG-6 cable, it loses strength. The farther it must travel, the more strength it will lose. How fast the strength dissipates through the cable depends not only on the characteristics of the cable but on the frequency of the signal. Lower frequencies will travel farther through this coaxial cable than higher frequencies. Writer Bio
