On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 14:57:34 -0700, "Tom Dacon"
wrote:

RG-8 to the masthead is pretty much a standard rig for masthead antennas and
if the connectors are well done the signal loss is acceptable. The benefit
of the additional height far and away overrides any signal loss. Try to make
the antenna cable in a single run from the masthead to the back of the
radio - no through-deck connectors.

If you don't want to run cable of that diameter, don't try for the masthead
because the loss in the smaller cable over a run of that length would be
pretty bad.


agreed. some folks have recommended rg 58 which has all the bad
characteristics and none of the good ones of proper coax.

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