Wilson Electronics 951150 50 ft. Black RG11 Low-Loss Coax Cable, F-Male to F-Male

The Wilson Electronics 951150 is a 50 ft. length of black RG11 coaxial cable, 13/32 in. in diameter and terminated at the factory with an F-Male connector on each end. It uses a 75 Ohm, low-loss foam construction that works both indoors and outdoors.

In a cell signal booster installation, coax runs from the outdoor donor antenna to the amplifier and then to the indoor broadcast antennas that distribute the boosted signal. This 50 ft. length covers a typical rooftop-to-amplifier or amplifier-to-antenna run in a home, small office or branch site. The cable also connects amplifiers to taps, splitters and lightning surge protectors. Wilson lists it as compatible with the Wilson DB Pro 3G and DB Pro 4G cellular signal boosters.

Wilson states that this RG11 cable has around 1-2 dB of additional loss per 100 ft. It also notes that 75 Ohm cable does not handle as much cellular traffic as 50 Ohm cable, so data speeds can drop in high-user situations. For busy commercial sites, a 50 Ohm system is the better fit.

On run length, WilsonPro generally recommends keeping cable at or under 100 ft. total from the amplifier to any antenna. The right figure depends on outside signal strength, cable loss, splitter and tap loss, and the coverage you need. With a strong outside signal of about -45 dB, a run of around 150 ft. from donor antenna to amplifier can still leave the amplifier plenty to work with.