[Amps] 6kW Coax

Steve Thompson g8gsq72 at gmail.com
Sun Mar 11 11:53:37 PDT 2012


I thought 35ohm was max power rating, 75ohm was minimum loss? 
Hence 75ohms being the standard for CATV.

Steve

> Why all this talk of using 75 ohm cable?
>  At the power level in question, inefficiencies add up quickly.
>  At somewhere in the vicinity of 35 ohms, transmission losses are at a minimum.
>  Am I missing something here?
>  73, AB3HT



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