Thin or flexible coax cable?

[GillyWI]

Gonna put a small TV on our kitchen counter, a small 10 incher. Will hook to cable, we just had an aerial on the small 5 inch TV we had before now. I can handle the house cable routing, but to hook the TV up to the wall, I am thinking it would be good to get something not as stiff as the normal coax used on a larger TV set. Is there anything thinner or more flexible I can use for that short distance, or something that would be like the wire used on a telephone coil cord? Something that won't be fighting us every time we need to angle the TV, that 10 inch flat screen won't weigh hardly anything.
Gilly

[Rick Johnston]

You can find short jumpers in both RG59 and RG6. Local stores carry them or you can find them online at www.monoprice.com and other online retailers.

[GillyWI]

Thanks Rick. I went to Radio Shack and they had a 1 ft coax, just an all-ready made up with the F connectors, but it was as thick and inflexible as a bulk roll of coax.
What the guy suggested (and sold me) is a 3 ft audio cable and a pair of phono-to-F adapters. He said it will work, or if not, bring it back within 15 days and he'll refund it. I like the audio cable, a bit longer than I want but might be OK, I can keep it stashed in back of the TV. If it works I can then try hunting up a shorter audio cable. I should be able to start on this project (getting the house coax added to the wall in the kitchen) in a few days I hope. THAT part of it I'm comfortable with doing.
Gilly

[Rick Johnston]

That jury rig may work, but it could result in a degraded picture because (1) it's not shielded as well as RG cable, and (2) audio cable is designed to handle 20 kiloHertz of bandwidth, whereas cable TV requires 500 megaHertz -- and higher if it's digital cable.

[GillyWI]

Thanks Rick. I'll give it a try (might be a week or so) and report back.

Gilly