Topband: CONNECTORS AND CABLE

[Andrey Fedorishchev]

Cheap RG6, the one with CCS center conductor, sometimes shows quiet high
losses (few db per 300ft.) at 1-5 mhz and at the same time quiet low at
higher frequencies;

Not only the losses but signal leakage is important and not every brand of
RG213 or RG6 is suitable at some instalations;

YMMV

2012/1/3 Bill and Liz McHugh <magoo at isp.ca>

> There is only ONE way to properly install a PL-259 connector and if you
> are not using that method then anything can happen.  New connectors won't
> make any difference to system integrity unless they are installed properly.
>
> As for cable, why would anyone use expensive cable like LMR-600 unless it
> was free?  The losses on 160M with RG-213 are so low that upgrading to a
> lower loss cable does not make economic sense for transmitting unless the
> run is several hundred feet.  And for receiving, the losses for RG-6 cables
> and the like are so low at 1.8 mhz as to be inconsequential.
>
> Bill VE3NH
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Andrey Fedorishchev,
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