[TowerTalk] Flexable Type Coax for a Telescoping Tower

Steve Meuse smeuse at mara.org
Wed Apr 21 11:25:00 EDT 2004


At 07:21 AM 4/21/2004 -0400, Dave Anderson, K4SV wrote:
>Hi Guys,
>
>Does anyone have a suggestion on what type of coax that is low loss from 
>the tower base to the top that is flexable?  I plan to run 7/8 Hardline to 
>the bottom but desire a low loss run to the top at 120 feet long.  Also 
>plan to use the Coax arms with my HDX 589 Tower.

I've been wondering the same thing. Specifically, can you use FSJ4-50 or 
LMR-600 Ultra Flex? In my mind I would guess that either of those cables 
would be too bulky to deal with a crank-up, but I'm curious to see if 
anyone else is doing it already.

-Steve
N1JFU





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