I'm trying to understand how a coax antenna cable works.<BR><BR>My understanding so far is that, at its simplest, an antenna is a piece of wire that is just the right length to resonate at the desired ...

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Yes it would work, not very reliably and the longer the cable the more crosstalk you would get making it impossible to use.