[TowerTalk] re coax jumpers help

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I have been running 600-700 watts into RG8X regularly for many years.  160M-10M.  My coax runs now exceed 150 
feet to my phased 160M verticals and 40M 4-square.  Never had a problem with the power handling in the RG8X.  
(It should be noted that I operate my antennas with low SWRs.) 

I do not recommend it for anything higher hand 2M (Although I did see an installation at a hospital where RG8X was 
used to go from the emergency room to the roof (6th floor, if I remember correctly) and we did not have any 
problems (receiving or xmit) for RACES activities.  Probably a run that was around 200 feet or so.

73
  Bruce, WA3AFS

On 20 Oct 2006 at 12:44, Keith Dutson wrote:

> I have used it at 1500 watts (Alpha amp), but only for SSB, And only for
> short distances (up to 30 feet).  For CW I use 213 or better.
> 
> 73, Keith NM5G
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Terry Dunlap
> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 12:28 PM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] re coax jumpers help
> 
> What kind of power handling capability does RG8X have?
> 
> 73 de Terry KK6T
> 
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> 
> At 05:36 PM 10/19/2006, Tom Frenaye wrote:
> 
> >I recently bought a few short coax jumpers for use around the shack from
> Quicksilver Radio Products.   QSR is run by N1GNV and he shows up at a lot
> of hamfests in the northeast, perhaps elsewhere also.   A 3" jumper with
> PL-259s and RG8x is $6.  
> >
> >See http://www.qsradio.com    I'm happy with his products (and prices).
> >
> >                           -- Tom
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