[TowerTalk] Ferrite beads for LDF4-50?

[Jim Brown]

On 8/23/2025 11:08 AM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> I mostly agree.  Connector loss is minimal.

Yes. About 15 years ago, I made up a lot of cables for a DXpedition, 
with soldered 83-1SP on 100 ft lengths of Commscope 3227, an RG8-size 
cable with a solid #10 copper center and foil/tinned copper braid that 
is superior to LMR400. For final test, I spliced all 13 of these cables 
together and measured loss by substitution using HP generator and 
spectrum analyzer. That's 12 barrels and 26 83-1SPs.

Loss at 200 MHz (as high as I went) was slightly less than the mfr's 
spec for the cable.

73, Jim K9YC