[TowerTalk] Coax options

[john nistico]

I was going to keep the 10 and 40 meter tower closer to the house and 15and  20@ 500 feet away

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> On Feb 12, 2017, at 4:59 PM, Ed Sawyer <sawyered at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> There is really no good substitute for low loss feedlines than hardline.
> Hardline uses a lot of copper and copper is not cheap (getting more
> expensive recently).  An alternative would be to mount an amplifier at the
> base of the tower and accept the losses getting to it.
> 
> 
> 
> LDF5-50 seems to be the best compromise for cost and workability.  The LDF7
> is very hard to work with but does provide even lower loss.  0.06dB per 100
> ft on 28Mhz difference.  If it's a 500 ft run to the tower, its 0.3dB.
> 
> 
> 
> I have 2 LDF5-50 runs from the house to the 1st tower that are 300ft.  Then
> another 150 ft to tower 2 (also all LDF5-50).  LDF4 up the tower on 10 - 40
> Meters.
> 
> 
> 
> Ed  N1UR
> 
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