Skipp,
I actually tried that idea at work a few years ago. Strung up about 250
feet of some cheap, not-very-well-shielded RG-8 down a couple of hallways
that ran below ground level.
Had a 10 watt 450 mhz radio on one end and a 1/4 wave ground plane on the
far end. Didn't work worth a crap. Made an excellent dummy load. Could work
portables maybe 75-100 feet from the radio standing next to the coax run.
Chopped off 200 feet of the end away from the radio and installed the 1/4
wave ground plane antenna on a conduit where the hallways crossed. Worked
fine. Could easily work 300 feet and two floors away.
That was my experience trying to save a buck using crappy coax as a
substitute for Radiax. I was also trying to see if I could come up with a
easy way to make a fox-hunt transmitting antenna that would give very
ambiguous direction of radiation. Too bad it didn't work. Now, how do I hide
500 feet of RG-8? Hmm.
73,
Al, K9SI
> Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 22:58:46 -0000
> From: "skipp025" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: coaxial collinear
>
>
>
>> About 20 years ago Radio Shack sold some poorly
>> shielded RG-8 with a solid dielectric. This stuff
>> works well for the dielectric and center conductor
>> for antenna projects, besides, the shielding was
>> junk anyway.
>
> Not if you used it for radiax... :-)
>
> skipp
>
> ps: I still have some of that coax still around in
> a pile somewhere...
>
>
>
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