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1. [TowerTalk] FW: Feedline for a new tower (score: 1): Author: "Matt" <maflukey@gmail.com>; Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 16:24:45 -0600; I suggest you use coax with a stranded inner conductor for the rotor loop. I believe Times LMR400 has a solid core. RG213 typically has a stranded core but the PE dielectric tends to be on the stiff; /archives//html/Towertalk/2018-11/msg00100.html (9,090 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] FW: Feedline for a new tower (score: 1): Author: Jim Miller <jim@jtmiller.com>; Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 17:26:34 -0500; You could make the whole run including rotor loop with BuryFlex. jim ab3cv _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list Tower; /archives//html/Towertalk/2018-11/msg00101.html (7,345 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] FW: Feedline for a new tower (score: 1): Author: Jim <jimw7ry@gmail.com>; Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 16:45:31 -0600; I like to use a jumper at the top of the tower. You cant reach the feed point on some antennas so you HAVE to have one. Also, easier to hook the antenna up by putting on the feed harness and weatherp; /archives//html/Towertalk/2018-11/msg00102.html (8,690 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] FW: Feedline for a new tower (score: 1): Author: Dick Williams <richardk8ztt@gmail.com>; Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 19:13:54 -0700; If your run is 100 ft, it is not going to make much difference what descent cable you run. I would go with LMR 400 ultra flex and be done with it. About .8 db loss for 100 ft. I have runs in excess 4; /archives//html/Towertalk/2018-11/msg00105.html (10,427 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] FW: Feedline for a new tower (score: 1): Author: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>; Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 18:44:49 -0800; Both in my experience and what I've seen from others, LMR400UF does not age well. About .8 db loss for 100 ft. Loss increases with frequency, and I know folks who do a lot for half a dB. :) I have ru; /archives//html/Towertalk/2018-11/msg00106.html (9,234 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] FW: Feedline for a new tower (score: 1): Author: Mickey Baker <fishflorida@gmail.com>; Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2018 16:02:26 -0500; The advice Jim offers here to use a jumper at the top has saved me a lot of grief over the years and enables using lower loss coax for the "uprun" and transitioning to a flexible coax at the top... n; /archives//html/Towertalk/2018-11/msg00126.html (11,850 bytes)

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