Topband: RG8X

Mike Waters mikewate at gmail.com
Fri Nov 22 02:05:42 EST 2013


RG8X can handle more than the legal limit on 160.

I think you would be better off with a ferrite core choke. Look at
http://www.karinya.net/g3txq/chokes .
The choke we use is described (and photo) at
http://www.w0btu.com/160_meters.html#inv-l_antenna

73, Mike
www.w0btu.com

On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 12:14 AM, <DnEMoth at aol.com> wrote:

> On 160/80 meters how much RF power can RG8X coax safely handle and is 8 or
> 10 turns on a 6" diameter piece of PVC pipe sufficient for a feed line
> choke.  Run is about sixty feet long.
>


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