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Subject: [TowerTalk] Coax Rating
From: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith)
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 12:35:20 -0500
At 10:16 AM 3/1/01 -0600, Logan Dietz wrote:
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Joe Reisert" <jreisert@jlc.net>
>
>
>> Per the ARRL Antenna Book, the approximate power rating of RG8X with 1:1 
>> VSWR and 40 degrees C. ambient is only 360 Watts on 10-meters. 
>
It doesn't say in the ARRL Handbook's table, but do you suppose that's CCS
or ICAS or???

I run all RG-8X jumpers in my contest station and have never noticed any
heating with 1 KW on 28 mhz, CW or SSB.

73, Pete N4ZR
Contesting is!

The World Contest Station Database 
is waiting for your input at
http://www.qsl.net/n4zr 



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