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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Coax Cable
Good to see that we've opened the flood gates on this topic, James.
Rodent bites have never been an issue at my coastal location in western
Canada, and I forget that it can be a big issue elsewhere.
OT: It's not like we don't have rodents
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Coax Cable
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No one has yet mentioned the other feedline option: balanced line.
This takes many forms including speaker wire, two-conductor AC line cord (zip
cord), TV twin lead, ladder line / window line, twisted pair, CAT-5 etc.
Characteristic impedances are often in the 100 ohm range
Good to see that we've opened the flood gates on this topic, James.
Rodent bites have never been an issue at my coastal location in
western Canada, and I forget that it can be a big issue elsewhere.
OT: It's not like we don't have rodents, but perhaps they're all
fat and happy from the
I use rg6 flooded for all my low band receive antennas. I usually get it
from dx engineering. I have had very good success with it in the midwest
buried and just on top of the soil. The flooded capability has mitigated
small rodent bites. Some of the antennas I use it with are: 4 square, k9ay,
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Coax Cable
Haven't seen any response to this, James, and am probably not going
to be much help.
I've just used RG58 variants for up to 100' in permanent
installations around the yard, 10 to15 years in some cases. One of
them runs
I had RG58 in 'moisture' for a decade: in fact 70 metres at the bottom
of a pond! Everybody said, that it won't work, but I didn't notice any
problems. But I had them on the part, which was on the ground: hares bit
it broke and 3 years ago I replaced it with a better one: Tri-Lan RF240.
It
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Coax Cable
Chuck, I stand corrected. For our hobby purposes, 50 vs 75 ohms doesn't
seem to matter, and 75 Ohm cable is much easier and cheaper to find than RG
58 50 Ohm cable! Walt
On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 5:53 AM Chuck Hutton wrote
Burying a cable in a garden hose or the like almost guarantees much of the
cable will spend most of its life in water. It isn't trivial to keep it
dry. Conduit will allow easier replacement if it has to be run under an
area that you can't easily replace it in, or it can provide some physical
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> Chuck
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> High, Jim!
Walt -
Belden 8215 is RG6 and is 75 Ohms, not 50 Ohms.
Chuck
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Coax Cable
High, Jim! I think you have
High, Jim! I think you have little to worry about no matter what you
choose, electrically, at least. The more important issue is durability.
Depending on what I'm doing, I use different coax cables. Lengths
shouldn't be an issue, either. We experimented with lengths up to 1000' at
Grayland
Haven't seen any response to this, James, and am probably not going
to be much help.
I've just used RG58 variants for up to 100' in permanent
installations around the yard, 10 to15 years in some cases. One of
them runs through about 70' of rigid PVC electrical conduit IPEX
#032907 and is
I am curious as to what type of coax everyone uses for DKAZ antennas and
also general international shortwave band listening dipoles?
It's time to revamp my antennas and I want to use the right cable that will
last for a while.
I have read that RG-8U is good for long runs of a 100 to 150
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