>From the ARRL Chart, it's on 10 meters. The "standard" for contesters is to
>keep
our feedline losses on the band of interest, at VSWR = 1:1, to no more than 1 dB
(from rig to antenna, including connectors). 3.5 dB is a HUGH loss to have to
contend with, unacceptable in a contest station and pretty dismal in a "casual"
operation.
I also wouldn't say that 0.2 dB/100 ft is "quite a bit better than the chart
shows". The 0.2dB can easily be accounted for as measurement error in the test
setup and measurement accuracy of the test equipment.
Bill, N3RR
K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 98-09-02 14:51:01 EDT, w2vjn@rosenet.net writes:
>
> << The losses were determined and normalized to dB/100'
>
> Cable Measured From ARRL Chart
>
> LMR600DB 0.52 dB 0.4 dB (from spec.)
> RG-213 1.0 1.2
> RG8X 1.9 2.0
>
> Note the 213 is quite a bit better than the chart shows. >>
>
> Interesting. So you've got 3.5 dB loss in that run of RG-213? Hopefully
> it's a lowband feedline - hi.
>
> Cheers, Steve K7LXC
>
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