"dxAce" wrote in message
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Dave wrote:

I recently installed a makeshift antenna on my roof similar to the
"temporary" one I have been using for a couple of years, but its
performance
is severely degraded (not quite as good as my whip antenna, by itself).
Now
I think I have found the problem, but want to check with those on the
group
to confirm my suspicions. I used RG59 coax in combination with
300-ohm/50
ohm baluns, but now find a source of information that says RG59 is
75-ohm,
not 52 ohm like the guy at the parts depot told me. Which do I believe?
The (young) guy who cut the cable for me, or the book on RF design that
some
people says is full of mistakes? What is the actual impedance of RG59
coax?

75 ohms.

dxAce
Michigan
USA



Thanks. Noted.

Dave