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On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:45:53 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

I think you are related to my wife.

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I'll bet your wife would take you up on a trip to Paris.

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On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:45:53 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

I think you are related to my wife.

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I'll bet your wife would take you up on a trip to Paris.


Heh. We were there once. Isn't your wife also Italian?

Eisboch


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On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:45:53 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:



I think you are related to my wife.


Not to worry - it probably only a matter of Six Degrees of Separation.

Or something.


Yabut... Six Degrees of Separation doesn't make up for 37 years of
marriage.

It's in the genes ..

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You really want the corrent impedance coax. Check your radio specs, it
probably calls for 50 ohm cable.


RG-6, 58, or 59 means diddily at VHF frequencies. All will work



Eisboch


Sure they'll all "work". But for the most efficient system you should match
the coax impedance to radio input/output. It "does" make a difference.


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You really want the corrent impedance coax. Check your radio specs, it
probably calls for 50 ohm cable.


RG-6, 58, or 59 means diddily at VHF frequencies. All will work



Eisboch


Sure they'll all "work". But for the most efficient system you should
match the coax impedance to radio input/output. It "does" make a
difference.


I agree with you. But at the level you are talking about, you'd be better
off getting a SWR meter and trim your antenna to the best SWR average over
the marine VHF bandwidth. The difference, at 25 watts, will be minimal at
best, even after that.

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You really want the corrent impedance coax. Check your radio specs, it
probably calls for 50 ohm cable.

RG-6, 58, or 59 means diddily at VHF frequencies. All will work.


Sure they'll all "work". But for the most efficient system you should
match
the coax impedance to radio input/output. It "does" make a difference.


That's not true at all. Impedances are meant to variable within a
range - it can't work any other way. It allows for variance in
cable/connector connectivity in addition to variances in cable
manufacture.

When your dealing with small bandwidth, it really doesn't matter.


Just trying to help. Maybe you should read up on transmission line theory.


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On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:45:53 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

I think you are related to my wife.


I'll bet your wife would take you up on a trip to Paris.


Actually, no she didn't.

Mrs. Shortwave has a very good friend whose husband also hates to
travel so they go together.

Makes life easier that way.

Besides, after the Trip From Hell to Ireland a few years ago, Mrs.
Shortwave swore on a stack of bibles and anything else handy that she
would never take an overseas trip with me again. :)


Got that. Actually, I was responding to Wayne, who I know has a spouse of
similar ethnic background as mine.

Wayne ... you have my deepest .... well, Mrs.E. still lurks here .....

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You really want the corrent impedance coax. Check your radio specs, it
probably calls for 50 ohm cable.

RG-6, 58, or 59 means diddily at VHF frequencies. All will work



Eisboch


Sure they'll all "work". But for the most efficient system you should
match the coax impedance to radio input/output. It "does" make a
difference.


I agree with you. But at the level you are talking about, you'd be better
off getting a SWR meter and trim your antenna to the best SWR average over
the marine VHF bandwidth. The difference, at 25 watts, will be minimal
at best, even after that.

Eisboch



Power has nothing to do with SWR, it's a function of the transmission
line/antenna.


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On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:45:53 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


I think you are related to my wife.


I'll bet your wife would take you up on a trip to Paris.



Actually, no she didn't.

Mrs. Shortwave has a very good friend whose husband also hates to
travel so they go together.

Makes life easier that way.

Besides, after the Trip From Hell to Ireland a few years ago, Mrs.
Shortwave swore on a stack of bibles and anything else handy that she
would never take an overseas trip with me again. :)



So you really are grumpy...it's not an act?
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Just trying to help. Maybe you should read up on transmission line
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Must be a new EE college grad. As Harry would say .... Y-A-W-N

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