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VHF cable type?
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"Bruce" wrote: I am looking at the Ancor brand RG-8x which has tined stranded core. Could I also use this type wire for the 10' run from my SSB tuner to the backstay? What I had on the SSB was GTO-15??? Thanks Bruce "Brian Whatcott" wrote in message news  I recommend checking with suppliers' specifications for cable construction materials: solid or stranded? solid or foam insulation? %coverage of shield? Tape wrap? Non-acid outer sheath? before blindly implementing Larry's recommendation below on choosing cables. Yes: let's call it a reality check. Brian W On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 05:54:58 GMT, (Larry W4CSC) wrote: ... 55' mainmast has a Shakespeare 1/2 wave VHF antenna on top with about 75' of RG-58A/U military surplus cable/// If I had to start from scratch, and couldn't buy a 500' roll of surplus RG-58A/U for $10 at my local thrift shop... I recommend using VERY flexible, and reliable, Polyethelene-cored, finely stranded center conductor RG-58A/U (not RG-58/U which has a solid center conductor) for your purpose. All those fancy loss charts mean nothing when the fancy foam cables are pulled through a sharp turn, somewhere. Hell, you can wind RG-58A/U in a hangman's noose and it'll still work great! REALITY CHECK!! You could but it wouldn't have the insulation capabilities of the GTO-15 that was there in the first place. the installer used GTO-15 for a reason, can you figure out why? When you do you will have answered your own question. Bruce in alaska -- add a 2 before @ |
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