I have the opportunity to really remote my 160/80 rx antennas far away from
my xmit antenna.
I wonder what the maximum length of feed line is? I have hard line and RG-6
and can use either. My estimation is that the run would be over 600' from
the shack.
W8JI had a 4 element array that was quite a bit from his shack (was it
almost a mile Tom?) I think I remember Tom telling me he used hard-line.
Elwell wrote an article in HR years ago and he used a 4 wire cage. He was
also feeding xmit antennas so his needs were a little different than mine.
I'd appreciate input from anyone doing long runs. I'd also like to know if
there are any tricks or inherent problems with long coax runs.
Craig
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