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Re: Topband: RG6 coax

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Subject: Re: Topband: RG6 coax
From: Dmitry Belousov <ur4lrg@ukr.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 17:05:55 +0200
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Hello, 
I'm using an RG-6 (F660BVF) gel filled cable to connect the shack and remote 
beverage switch. This  cable can be directly buried in the ground (no need to 
use a pipe or slive) and remains as good as new for many years. Several times 
this cable was broken by metal seekers with shovels. The cable can be easily 
repaired with F connectors and raw rubber. Now 155 meters (520 feet) of cable 
underground, this line, after seven or eight years in the ground, has a loss of 
about 2 dB at 160 m and 3.5 dB at 80 m. This is not essential if you use an LNA 
amplifier beverages site. The price of this cable here in Ukraine is $76 per 
1000 feet.


21 февраля 2022, 16:56:27, от "J Craig Clark" <jcclark@myfairpoint.net>:

Jeff,

 I have been using Satellite TV RG6 for years with my different RX antenna 
schemes. It has a solid copper center conductor and is swept to 3 GHz not that 
it matters for low band reception. 

I also have been using compression connectors which are far better than the 
crimps I used well over 40 years ago. 

Craig Clark
K1QX
603-520-6577 cell
603-899-6103 home
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