On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 03:25:43PM +0000, DanB wrote:
> How much connector loss is there with type end connectors at 5.8 GHZ
> with 8 ft of RG 8 coax?
I assume you mean type N connectors.
Quite a bit. I suggest that you use RG-214. I worked with a piece of
10 GHz test equipment once and someone had made (~5 ft) cables with
RG-213 (equivalent to RG-8) for it and they were very lossy, but when
I replaced with RG-214 cables, there was a huge improvement (it was
about 30 years ago, so I don't remember the numbers). The single
shield of RG-8 is quite leaky at microwave frequencies.
Better yet, use semi-rigid, heliax or LMR-400, etc.
73,
Bob N7XY
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