Diameter of cable in coaxial Collinear antenna
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:08:42 +0000, David wrote:
Bob,
Thanks for your response. Why would you recommend semi-rigid ?
In my experience, you can more precisely control the length of the tubing
than with a braid shield. There is some mechanical rigidity advantage, as
well, although that isn't a big factor if you use some sort of dielectric
tube to contain the antenna.
Bob Nielsen wrote:
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 09:00:12 +0000, David wrote:
Hi,
I am in the process of making a couple of 9dB Collinear antennas for 920
MHz.
I was wondering if the diameter of the coax is significant.
The design is simply 1/2 wavelength sections soldered centre to braid
with a 1/4 wave radiator at the top and a 1/4 wave sleeve choke and a
few ferrite toroid baluns at the bottom. The original design uses RG58
coax but I find this difficult to solder in short lengths and the
dielectric melts if the iron is left on too long. Instead I am using
RG174 PFTE dielectric. The Vp for both is still 0.66.
The Vp for PFTE is more like 0.695. I would suggest semi-rigid for this
application.
Bob, N7XY
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