500 cm are no problem. Because of the small amount of current flow that you need, there is not a significant ohmic loss in the cables.
Another point is that long cables will reduce the higher frequencies because the cable itself is a capacitor that will shorten these higher frequencies to ground. A cable is also an inductor and produced a magnetic field that will block these higher frequencies. There is energy loss in the cable. The amount of is a variable of the length and the geometry of the cable.
But this is also not a point at a length of 500 cm and this frequencies so you can do it.
More technical info:
Type of coax cable normally being used is the RG-58.
http://www.w4rp.com/ref/coax.html
The best choice for 50 Ohm and for minimum loss is the RF-9913 Low Loss Coax.
http://www.radio-ware.com/products/rf910.htm
For more details, please check the link:
http://www.spooky2.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=5060
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