I have been running 600-700 watts into RG8X regularly for many years.
160M-10M. My coax runs now exceed 150
feet to my phased 160M verticals and 40M 4-square. Never had a problem with
the power handling in the RG8X.
(It should be noted that I operate my antennas with low SWRs.)
I do not recommend it for anything higher hand 2M (Although I did see an
installation at a hospital where RG8X was
used to go from the emergency room to the roof (6th floor, if I remember
correctly) and we did not have any
problems (receiving or xmit) for RACES activities. Probably a run that was
around 200 feet or so.
73
Bruce, WA3AFS
On 20 Oct 2006 at 12:44, Keith Dutson wrote:
> I have used it at 1500 watts (Alpha amp), but only for SSB, And only for
> short distances (up to 30 feet). For CW I use 213 or better.
>
> 73, Keith NM5G
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Terry Dunlap
> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 12:28 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] re coax jumpers help
>
> What kind of power handling capability does RG8X have?
>
> 73 de Terry KK6T
>
>
>
>
> At 05:36 PM 10/19/2006, Tom Frenaye wrote:
>
> >I recently bought a few short coax jumpers for use around the shack from
> Quicksilver Radio Products. QSR is run by N1GNV and he shows up at a lot
> of hamfests in the northeast, perhaps elsewhere also. A 3" jumper with
> PL-259s and RG8x is $6.
> >
> >See http://www.qsradio.com I'm happy with his products (and prices).
> >
> > -- Tom
> >
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