And "vintage" hardline connectors are going much cheaper than $30 for some of
the common small 50 ohm lines.
If you hunt around, even heliax is cheaper than some of the more popular coax
folks buy, and with better specifications to boot!
Julius Fazekas
N2WN
Tennessee Contest Group
http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html
http://groups.google.com/group/tcg1?hl=en
Tennessee QSO Party
http://www.tnqp.org/
Elecraft K2 #4455
Elecraft K3/100 #366
Elecraft K3/100 #1875
--- On Sat, 8/28/10, Guy Olinger K2AV <olinger@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> From: Guy Olinger K2AV <olinger@bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: Topband: More info on SOLVED! RE: Newbie question
> To: "Mark Lunday" <mlunday@nc.rr.com>
> Cc: topband@contesting.com
> Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010, 11:16 AM
> Small hardline through the woods is
> one permanent answer to that.
> Considering how much money we spend on antennas and
> amplifiers it is
> sometimes remarkable how cheep we get on feedline, and go
> nuts about
> $30 hardline connectors that cost less than just about any
> ham stuff
> we own. (Of course, I've never done that :>)
>
> 73, Guy
>
> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Mark Lunday <mlunday@nc.rr.com>
> wrote:
> > Was doing some "forest thinking" yesterday afternoon,
> where I wander the
> > back woods on my property and ponder future antenna
> possibilities. I have a
> > remote-antenna-switch out in the woods, and I was
> walking along the 100 foot
> > of coax from the switch to the 160 inverted L. About
> 50 from the switch-box
> > to the base of the inverted L, I discovered a 4 inch
> long section where the
> > coax was severely damaged; the shield was exposed, and
> at one location the
> > foam was partially sliced and I could see a bit of the
> center conductor.
> >
> > Not sure if it was squirrels or not, maybe a cat, but
> it explains some of
> > the other erratic results I was getting before,
> especially during and after
> > a heavy rainstorm (not that many this summer, but a
> few good ones).
> >
> > The XYL won't let me get a varmint rifle, maybe a I
> need a have-a-heart trap
> > or something.
> >
> > Thanks again for all the assistance from everyone on
> this board
> >
> >
> > Mark Lunday
> > WD4ELG
> >
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