Hi Brett, Certainly there are differences between RG58U and RG58A/U, but if the three 50ft lengths you have are quite old I would suggest that the best way to decide which piece(s) to use would be to measure the insertion loss of each 50ft length at the frequency to be used, using a 50 +j0 load.
73, Geoff GM4ESD Brett Howard wrote on Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 6:23 AM: <snip> > Anyway is there any reason not to use the RG58A/U or a compelling reason > to use the RG58U over the RG58A/U? I know I really should use something > other than RG58 if I'm going to be going any farther than the length of > run that would be needed for a mobile. However at the moment the > repeaters that I'm looking to be able to get into with this antenna I > can hit with 5 watts (and the antenna in the same room with me). Its a > just shy of 10 foot tall antenna in a room with 8 foot ceilings so its > not exactly "vertically polarized" either... ;) ______________________________________________________________ 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
