Mark, Phase stable cables won't win you much benefit. You can't go past quad shielded RG-6 for bangs-per-buck. It's available almost everywhere, cheap and pretty low loss as 0.25" cables go. LMR-400 (etc) is a good alternative.
Kit VK1LL *** Re my contemplated cable choice, my interest in using Heliax is primarily driven by shielding and to a lesser extent phase stability considerations. (I also happen to have some 1/2" Heliax and LMR400 on hand.) I'm currently using approx 70 feet of teflon thin net (RG58 style) ethernet cable which I believe is less than optimal. I expect switching to 1/2" heliax would also cut the cable losses by at least 10 to 15dB or so which would be helpful if the new antenna has significantly less gain. I'm not relishing installing either Heliax or LMR400 for this application but I'm thinking if I'm going to buy a better antenna I should upgrade the cable as well. Regards Mark Spencer *************************************** _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
