while the perfect splice is non apparent at HF according to Tom, W8JI and
others - in my real world I say minimized the connectors, minimize the
splices...they are only potential failure points, especially for an Amateur
like me.
K4OJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Noonan" <vk2lee@maxnet.net.au>
To: <W8JI@contesting.com>; "Steve G." <stevekz9g@speakeasy.net>
Cc: <Towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 9:17 AM
Subject: : [Towertalk] There are no dumb questions on Tower Talk, only dumb
answers!
> Hi,
> I am renewing ALL My coaxial cables etc starting tomorrow, after a
Lightning
> Strike many months ago, and naturally I have been reading this topic with
> Much Interest..... I have always used RG213 previously (well RG8 years
ago)
> from the Antenna switches in the shack to the antennas. Now I am going to
> run Belden 9913 from the Shack to the top of the tower... where it will be
> connected to RG213 with "N" connectors & from there to the antennas.
The
> 9913 braid will be grounded at the top of the tower and just before it
> leaves the tower to enter the house. So I have come to the conclusion,
> that its OK to do this, rather than run RG213 all the way from the shack
to
> the antennas.......
> I'm only using 100w from an FT920 and the run from the shack to the
antennas
> is 23 meters.
> Thanks for the input Guys, Much Appreciated.....
>
> Lee Noonan VK2LEE
>
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