Hi Neil and all
Thanks for all of your input and suggestions. I guess I'll go with RG-214/U simply for the storage factor and rolling/unrolling I can see happening during drills and (hopefully not), an actual "event"...superflex, I'm afraid, might get crushed or "bent out of shape". I like the idea that was presented about the camper flagpole "mast". We have a camping center a few miles from here so I'll be making a call to see if they have them available. As far as an antenna is concerned, I'll prolly start out with the comtelco I currently have and run some real life tests...its small, light, and a mast made out of almost anything should support it. Russ, you mentioned a solar panel you put on the hood of your suv. May I ask the specs on what you use? The setup I am going to be using is: XMTR- 40 Watt maxtrac turned down to about 15-20 watts (with a 12V fan) into the duplexer (which is by the way, an old motorola TFE6080 "diplexer"), RCVR- 25 watt maxtrac, controller- mother "M" R.I.C.K.. I haven't checked the amperage that the setup uses...I'll have to get my hands on a meter...mine is blown up:-( For AC use and while assembling the unit, I have a maxon 12 amp supply that seems to do fine. Before someone says something about the maxtrac transmitter compliance, I know, I know...its 5ppm, but hey, this is for emergency use. Thanks again Bob, GMRS WPVV845, Amateur KG4WAD, LMRS WPXC892 --- In [email protected], Neil McKie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If it comes to a question here, I use either the silver plated > RG-223 or RG-214 ... better still is Andrew Heliax. > > Hello Will, > > Neil - WA6KLA > > motarolla_doctor wrote: > > > > > RG-8X was developed with a larger center conductor and > > > the dilectric was made out of a material to allow the > > > larger conductor while keeping the outer size about > > > the same as rg-59. > > > > I mite add some to this: The RG8X cable is a true 50 ohm cable > > rather than the RG58x variants, most of which are realy 52 ohm cables. > > (51.5 0hm was (one of)the Mill specs back in the '40's and '50's) > > > > Now that does not seem to be "too far off" the 50 ohm design, but at > > higher frequencies it makes a lot of difference in the loss and > > propagation in the cable. This is why a good quality RG8X is better in > > some applications. > > > > In duplex applications, the shielding is very important. This is why > > the poorly shielded cables, such as RG8X, do not allways work well. > > Using a double silver plated shielded cable like RG214 is perfered. > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
