On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 08:24:59PM +0300, Tõnno Vähk wrote:
>
> Having RG 213 and LDF 4-50A in mind mostly. I have about 4-5 50 feet pieces
> of LDF 4-50A. What would be the best way to make one feedline out of them
> without using connectors? (hardline connectors very expensive and hard to
> find).
>
> How much do the specifications (attentuation, RF leakage, etc...) of the
> cable deteoriate when soldered together from pieces?
> Should the connections be shielded somehow??
>
> What should I be mostly worried about when doing it?
You shoudl be able to make a very good splice for that
hardline - W0UN had a great message on doing this a few years ago.
http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-contest/199508/0960.html
>
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