Hello Gang... What are the pro's & con's on RG-8X??? Charlie... ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Shorney To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [drakelist] Best Coax....
"Jim Shorney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:48:13 -0500, Christopher Kovacs wrote: >Christopher Kovacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Philip Grocki wrote: >> *I have a TR-4C and just getting into the ham "scene" again. >> I'm setting-up my new station and wondering what is the best >> all-around coax for vertical and beam antennas with this rig? I'm >> thinking RG-8/U.....please advise. Thank you.* > >Take a look at LMR240 coax. It's little stiff. They also have an >ultraflex version (little more loss). It's about the size of RG-8/x. LMR240 is great stuff, but is overkill for HF. Good old Belden 8214 RG-8 will do quite nicely, and is better suited for the "rotor loop" if using a beam antenna. 73 -Jim NU0C ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: www.zerobeat.net - sponsored by www.tlchost.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------
