[CQ-Contest] Which would make better stubs?

Barry w2up at mindspring.com
Sat Nov 5 08:08:45 EST 2005


The advantge of LMR400 is it has a 100% foil wrapping the dielectric, 
so it should minimize leakage in the shack.  I use it for most of my 
cabling in the shack.  It's a lot cheaper than the double shielded 
RG214.
Barry W2UP

On 5 Nov 2005 k7qq wrote:

> Dink
> I've never heard of  this LMR400 stuff,  If a stub is being made for
> HF   RG 213   is more than adiquate.
> 
> After all it is a Stub to absorbe  harmonics,  even lossy old  RG 11
> should work,  Just use ur handy dandy 259b to tune it. ----- Original
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> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Which would make better stubs?
> 
> 
> > RG213 or LMR400?
> >
> > I thought LMR 400 but the data in George W2VJN's
> > Station Interference book would seem to indicate otherwise.
> >
> > RG213 would be cheaper. Anybody else had experience
> > with stubs made of LMR400?
> >
> > 73
> > dink
> >
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Barry Kutner, W2UP              Internet: w2up at mindspring.com
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