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Old December 11th 05, 02:12 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Owen Duffy
 
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Default Coax recomendations

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 20:42:18 -0500, "Tam/WB2TT"
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"Ross Biggar" wrote in message
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I am putting up a second tower , but it will be about 200feet from the
shack and about 70feet high.
What coax is recommended to reduce loss to a minimum,and to feed a
multiband beam with a 2kw amplifier.
Hard line excepted due to cost.
Regards
Ross
ZL1WN

I needed conventional low loss coax on the job a few years ago. Boss was
paying for it, so I was not pinching pennies. Best I could find was the
Times LMR400. As I recall, the center conductor is #9; so, it may not fit
some brands of N connectors. Unlike the 9913, this will not soak up water.
The loss at 50 MHz is 0.9 db, vs 1.6 db for 213 (100 feet). I know you want
20 meters, but 50 MHz is the lowest frequency I have any numbers for.


LMR400: 300' at 14.2MHz with VSWR=1.5, loss~=1.5dB



Tam/WB2TT

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