I had opined to Philip about RG8X that I personally have had very good luck with it, including about a 50foot run that is buried and has been fine for several years. I wouldn't hit it with a lot of power, but I have a T4X so no prob. My motivation was cost.
73, Chuck, K1OM, Alachua, FL On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 6:52 PM, WB4YQV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Gang... What are the pro's & con's on RG-8X??? Charlie... > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Jim Shorney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >
