Topband: RG-179 Coax

[Ham Hicks]

The Amphenol 21-579 I mentioned earlier is very flexible.
KB4BR

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From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces+ham306=bellsouth.net at contesting.com] On Behalf Of W0MU Mike Fatchett
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2020 2:40 AM
To: Andreas Junge <andreas at n6nu.org>
Cc: 160 <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: RG-179 Coax

I am making some receive antennas and the coax will be for the choke that goes through a torriod.  The cores I have would not take rg6. This is from the YCCC receive antenna array.

W0MU

On 2/13/2020 5:55 PM, Andreas Junge wrote:
> Mike,
>
> What’s wrong with RG6? Or the DX Engineering version of it:
>
> https://www.dxengineering.com/search/department/cable-and-connectors/p
> roduct-line/dx-engineering-f6-75-ohm-bulk-coaxial-cable?autoview=SKU&k
> eyword=rg6&sortby=BestKeywordMatch&sortorder=Ascending
>
> $0.30/foot
>
> Plenty good for RX antenna use.
>
> 73, Andreas, N6NU
>
>> On Feb 13, 2020, at 3:31 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu at w0mu.com 
>> <mailto:w0mu at w0mu.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I am looking for a good source for RG-179 coax to build some RX 
>> antennas.  I tried an Ebay seller and got rg58!!####
>>
>> W0MU
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