Twin Lead Shielded


Anyone have a good source for twin lead SHIELDED cable for using in conjunction with an outdoor FM antenna? Thanks
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Shielded 300 ohm twinlead used to be sold by radio shack. I used it for many years and it did a super job of eliminating noise from ignition of nearby vehicles. This was in a fringe reception area, and I wanted to avoid any loss of signal due to a 300/75 transformer. The shield was left floating: not grounded at either end. Modern FM tuners take a 75 ohm antenna connection, so you are going to need a transformer anyway. I have recently installed a small lower down FM antenna, with a mast mounted RF amplifier and 75 ohm coax, and it works as well or better that the old antenna with the shielded 300 ohm twinlead..
Serus...My FM tuner (Luxman T14) can't be overloaded because the gain of the input stage RF amplifier is controlled based on signal strength. I don't know how common this is in other tuners.