Losses in COAX is KEY DOWN CONDITIONS. ONE DB loss is the LEAST DETECTABLE amount a human can detect. Hardly if not impossible to notice.
Jim W9VNE/VA3VNE Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 20, 2019, at 11:28 PM, Mark Goldberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Take a look at this coax loss calculator. It will tell you how much loss > there is in the coax, including extra loss due to SWR. You will have to > determine how much loss you can tolerate. > > https://www.qsl.net/co8tw/Coax_Calculator.htm > > 73, > > Mark > W7MLG > >> On Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 12:19 PM Carter Craigie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello friends, >> >> I am contemplating buying a KPA500 amplifier/tuner Combo, and driving it >> from my Elecraft K2/100 rig. I hope I would be able to do that! >> >> From what I have read on eHam Reviews, it appears that I can run the >> amp/tuner combo on 117v. from the convenient wall socket. Is that correct, >> as well? >> >> I cannot find any mention of the coax requirements, from the radio/combo >> out to our 80-meter wire loop antenna. Right now, using only my K2/100 I am >> able to use 8X coax. >> >> Will I still be able to use that coax cable with up to 500 Watts output? >> >> What other considerations do I need to make? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Carter Craigie, N3AO >> Blacksburg, VA >> >> >> -- >> Carter, N3AO >> Blacksburg, VA >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [email protected] >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
