Hi Neil and all
Thanks for all of your input and suggestions. I guess I'll go with
RG-214/U simply for the storage factor and rolling/unrolling I can
see happening during drills and (hopefully not), an
actual event...superflex, I'm afraid, might get crushed or bent
out of shape.
I like the idea that was presented about the camper
flagpole mast. We have a camping center a few miles from here so
I'll be making a call to see if they have them available. As far as
an antenna is concerned, I'll prolly start out with the comtelco I
currently have and run some real life tests...its small, light, and
a mast made out of almost anything should support it.
Russ, you mentioned a solar panel you put on the hood of your suv.
May I ask the specs on what you use? The setup I am going to be
using is: XMTR- 40 Watt maxtrac turned down to about 15-20 watts
(with a 12V fan) into the duplexer (which is by the way, an old
motorola TFE6080 diplexer), RCVR- 25 watt maxtrac, controller-
mother M R.I.C.K.. I haven't checked the amperage that the setup
uses...I'll have to get my hands on a meter...mine is blown up:-(
For AC use and while assembling the unit, I have a maxon 12 amp
supply that seems to do fine.
Before someone says something about the maxtrac transmitter
compliance, I know, I know...its 5ppm, but hey, this is for
emergency use.
Thanks again
Bob, GMRS WPVV845, Amateur KG4WAD, LMRS WPXC892
--- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Neil McKie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
If it comes to a question here, I use either the silver plated
RG-223 or RG-214 ... better still is Andrew Heliax.
Hello Will,
Neil - WA6KLA
motarolla_doctor wrote:
RG-8X was developed with a larger center conductor and
the dilectric was made out of a material to allow the
larger conductor while keeping the outer size about
the same as rg-59.
I mite add some to this: The RG8X cable is a true 50 ohm cable
rather than the RG58x variants, most of which are realy 52 ohm
cables.
(51.5 0hm was (one of)the Mill specs back in the '40's and '50's)
Now that does not seem to be too far off the 50 ohm design,
but at
higher frequencies it makes a lot of difference in the loss and
propagation in the cable. This is why a good quality RG8X is
better in
some applications.
In duplex applications, the shielding is very important. This is
why
the poorly shielded cables, such as RG8X, do not allways work
well.
Using a double silver plated shielded cable like RG214 is
perfered.
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