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Subject: Fw: [Towertalk] Coax
From: Mark <AA6DX@pacbell.net> (Mark)
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 09:52:15 -0800
 And ... if you are willing to come to Eureka, far Northern California, I
 would give you my RG-17!   Anybody want?
 Mark, AA6DX   (Back yard getting cleaned up... orders of XYZ !)

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Katz" <stevek@jmr.com>
> To: "'Tom'" <trobertson@elp.rr.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 7:39 AM
> Subject: RE: [Towertalk] Coax
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > > I am getting ready to replace some 10 year old coax and was wondering
> > > what the coax, not hardline, of choice is for HF now.  It will be
> feeding
> > > a 2 element
> > > 5 band cubical quad with a capability of 1500 watts.
> > >
> > [Steve Katz]  You didn't say how long that cable was going to be, or
> > what is supporting the quad.  The best choices for transmission line
> usually
> > take into account the frequency of operation, line length and operating
> > environment, e.g., fixed or crank-up tower; if any of the line will be
> > buried; if any of the line will be inaccessible for service; etc.
> Example:
> > For longer runs, my first choice is RG17A/U since it's very strong, very
> low
> > loss and extremely easy to work with in all aspects except its rather
> > enormous weight.  So, I don't use it on crank-ups (too heavy), but for a
> > fixed, guyed tower it's pretty perfect, not to mention readily available
> for
> > a fraction of what the military pays for it.  WB2WIK/6
> >
>
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