[TowerTalk] RG8X vs RG59 @ LF

[Fred Hopengarten]

From:
Fred Hopengarten  K1VR               617/259-0088
Six Willarch Road
Lincoln, MA 01773-5105
permanent e-mail address:  fhopengarten@mba1972.hbs.edu

On Mon, 18 Aug 1997 20:41:57 -0400 (EDT) K4OJ@aol.com writes:

>So, the new query is, have you used RG59 at 1500W on 80 meters

I use RG-59 at 160 meters.  No problem.  But there are other choices in
the back of your neighborhood cable TV installer's truck.  Try RG-6,
which will handle more power than RG-59, or RG-56, which, as I recall is
halfway between RG-6 and RG-11.  -- Fred K1VR

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