Thus you can buy set-top boxes and even RTL-SDR sticks with one fitted. It is used with 75 ohm cables for UHF TV, but it does not present a constant impedance to the cable.

It truly is coax cable, but it’s designed for high power and low loss at UHF and low microwave frequencies. It is widely used for radio and TV broadcast antenna feeds and cellular basestations.

[Ria Jairam N2RJ] has embarked upon a series of videos exploring co-axial cable and its various connectors, and her first offering features the humble UHF connector, sometimes known as the PL259.

Most modern TVs carry built-in auto Cable/Air decoders. Every child knows that UHF channels in Guyana have a corresponding CATV Cable assignment, eg, HGPTV Ch 16 Cable 67, MTV Ch 14 Cable 65 and ...