- 1. Topband: RG8X (score: 1)
- Author: DnEMoth@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 01:14:24 -0500 (EST)
- On 160/80 meters how much RF power can RG8X coax safely handle and is 8 or 10 turns on a 6" diameter piece of PVC pipe sufficient for a feed line choke. Run is about sixty feet long. ________________
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- 2. Re: Topband: RG8X (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 01:05:42 -0600
- RG8X can handle more than the legal limit on 160. I think you would be better off with a ferrite core choke. Look at http://www.karinya.net/g3txq/chokes . The choke we use is described (and photo) at
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- 3. Re: Topband: RG8X (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 23:16:36 -0800
- Yes. Also see the Choke Cookbook in k9yc.com/RFI-Ham.pdf 16 turns of a 4 ft length of two parallel #12 THHN conductors connected as a section of parallel wire line makes an excellent choke for 160-30
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- 4. Re: Topband: RG8X (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Waters <mikewate@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 01:30:01 -0600
- I almost put a link to your info in my previous e-mail, Jim. That's where I got the info to build the choke I use. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.con
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- 5. Re: Topband: RG8X (score: 1)
- Author: "Milt -- N5IA" <n5ia@zia-connection.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 04:50:58 -0700
- Mike Waters commented: RG8X can handle more than the legal limit on 160. == Milt Jensen, N5IA, replied: That comment is true. At XZ0A in January, 2000, we had more than 300 feet of RG8X feeding the 1
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