I'm with you , Don - I was wondering : what am I missing? Actually, from what I understand, we should all go back to the old ladder line to feed the antenna because it has the lowest losses - not convenient in most cases
73 de Grant I On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:32 AM, Don Cunningham <d...@martineer.net> wrote: > Grant, > It's a matter of "personal preference", and you'll get as many yeas as > nays. I subscribe to the old school, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!". I > suspect some of this comes from VHF/UHF usage of coaxes, and they DO make a > tremendous difference there, but under 30 megs, loss is minimal in good > quality coax. When we could get Belden Coax at a decent price, most thought > RG-213 was better than "regular" RG-8, but likely there was little > different. You will have some more loss with RG-8X, but with low power, you > shouldn't notice enough difference to warrant a change. Only my opinion, no > more factual than any else, hi. > 73, > Don, WB5HAK >
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