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[TowerTalk] cutting CATV hardline to length

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Subject: [TowerTalk] cutting CATV hardline to length
From: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 12:09:35 -0400
At 10:48 AM 10/8/98 -0500, WE9V  Chad Kurszewski wrote:
>Yes, be careful!!
>
>I measured 0.87 for VF in the hardline I just installed (3/4" CATV).
>A friend assumed 0.81 plus a little in his CATV and was way SHORT.

Realistically the only way to do it for sure is to use an antenna analyzer
and cut for electrical length.  A pigtail of RG-11 on one end or the
another makes the cut-and try process a lot easier.

73,  Pete Smith N4ZR
In wild, wonderful, only middlin' rare WEST Virginia



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