[TowerTalk] Coax Loss -- RG-Numbers Don't Tell us Much

[Jim Brown]

On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:28:03 -0800, jimlux wrote:

>The ideal situation would be to be in some warehouse

Not as ideal as you might think. The problem is that most coax is 
shipped on reels with access to only one end. To make a transmission 
loss measurement, you must unreel it to get a connector on both 
ends. 

Now, if you happen to own instrumentation that allows you to measure 
that loss on a 1,000 ft spool from only one end, that's another 
story. :) 

73,

Jim K9YC