danny_

Hey guys my name is Danny I am a complete noob when it comes to CCTV but would like to get to know more. I am From Sydney Australia.

Mike, thanks for the information, I have decided to go with 75 Ohm RG59 Coax cable. The local electronics shop here in Sydney (Jaycar electronics) They sell a CCTV cable which has Coax and Power cables in the 1 cable a bit like this configuration. Ooo[/b] But all separated by foil and the plastic coating. I don't get any of the camera's till the 1st of September but i am sure i will have fun with it and it will work. I don't know how different cctv stuff is different to Radio stuff as i have been playing around with 50 ohm coax and Transmitters etc in the wonderful world of Ham Radio cheers

oops! So i am after the best way to wire up 16 cameras in a warehouse, The camera's i was looking at were all run by coax, After doing some calculations it would cost me about $500 for all the cabling + connectors. I am also looking at doing it with cat 5 cable and using Video/ power baluns so i can transfer both video and power on the same line. Now people that have used this method is it good? Do you get video/quality loss or is it the same as coax? No run will be longer then 80meters, I am pushing towards the Cat5 cable but i know nothing about this method of doing it. This is the video balun that i am talking about. I cant post html so If you go to dealextreme(dot)com and type in SKU 15981 you will see what iam talking about.