Peter Bennett wrote:

On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 14:37:03 -0700, "Mad Dog"
wrote:

Good advise so far.....a single antenna installation should use 50 ohm coax
to match the
output impedance of the radio to the input impedance of the antenna.
RG8/X is not suitable for VHF (very high freq.) or UHF (ultra high freq.)

While RG8X may not be the best cable for VHF frequencies, it is very
frequently used there - and is probably the cable most often supplied
on Marine antennas.

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