I made the switch to RG6 a few years ago and am pleased; with the
reducer for RG8x you can go directly to a PL-259 without an adapter.
The loss at HF is negligible, it's less expensive than the RG-8 family
of cables and the receiver doesn't care that it's 75 ohms. If your
existing cable is working it isn't worth the effort to switch -however
in future installations it's an option worth serious consideration.

Howard

On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 19:46:51 -0700, "Nick C" wrote:

Yea, I noticed that RS is promoting RG-6 'F' cable for their SW radios on
their web site. I was curious about this, so I check it's loss and it looks
on-par with RG-8x and is much more flexible. I might try that if I can find
a couple of F-PL259 adapters... it's really cheap coax.


-Nick

"Ralph Mowery" wrote in message
...
Ralph, that's what I hear from other SWL'ers too. But, there are those
that
swear by it. So, it'd just be an interesting test... albeit and
expensive
one... ;o)


For a cheaper expirment try adding about 30 feet of some rg-8x or even
rg-56
or 59 (I know 59 is 70 ohm coax but it does not mater for receiving) .
That
will be about the same loss as you would gain if you switched out 100 feet
of rg-8 to the 9913. See if you can tell any differance.

Not because I wanted to see the differance but because I was replacing
some
antennas. I replaced about 100 feet of old rg-8 with some new lmr400 and
could not tell any differance at 50 mhz. I know there is some but it is
light lighting a candle in the sun.. It is there but can not really tell
it.