I agree with Dave. It really depends on the length of your run, and your
tolerance for loss. Your portable operation has a relatively short run, and
as you noted weight and cable size may be more important than loss
characteristics (to a point). I chose LMR600 type cable for my
tower-station run and the flexible variety for the run up my crank-up tower
because my desire for lower loss overrode the cost factor. If you can swing
it, larger diameter hard line to the tower is even better, but it more per
foot, more difficult to deal with and "proper" connectors are very
expensive.
73,
Lou, W0FK
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 17:34:40 -0700
From: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] looking for good coax for 6m
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It seems to me that you are the only one who would know how much loss you
are willing to accept.? The specs for just about every imaginable type of
coax are readily available online.
For example, 50 feet of 9913F7 has a loss of 0.55 dB and LMR600 has a loss
of 0.35 dB.? I'm not sure if anyone here is going to know if that
0.2 dB is important to you or not ... but I'm going to guess not.
73,
Dave?? AB7E
On 9/12/2019 5:10 PM, Alex Malyava wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am looking for good quality coax to use on 6m, in two different places:
> - home station, 6 element yagi, used for regular dxing... I need about 50'
> to run from the wall up to the tower. Then I have another 50' of
> Belden 9913F running from the wall to the radio.
> - portable 8 element yagi used in dxpedition for EME. I need about 50-75'
> of it.
>
> For the home station - Will I be ok if I use another run of 9913F or I
> better get larger cable with less attenuation? Do I need to replace
> existing run of 9913F? I will hate to do it - it is in the walls and
> in the ceiling space...
>
> So far, it seems, the only option is LMR600....
> Is there any alternative to it? I don't care about the weight of it at
> home, but 75' of coax in the luggage will take whole suitcase by size
> and weight :)
>
> Any online sources with user-friendly prices?
>
> Thanks,
> Alex K2BB
> soon - 5H3EME
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