View Single Post
  #10   Report Post  
Old September 4th 06, 03:00 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Roy Lewallen Roy Lewallen is offline
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by RadioBanter: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,374
Default Are all RG8s created equal?

G. Doughty wrote:
I just picked up 200 ft of rg8 at radio shack for 40 bucks. 10 bucks for 50
foot run. Anyways, there was a website I came across recently that showed
the swr rating of different size rg cables based on band. I searched for
rg8 and the site popped up. It was complete with charts, etc. Very nice.
It only takes a few minutes to find if you don't mind trudging through the
sites.


What's an SWR rating? The cable with the most loss will have the best
SWR when feeding a mismatched load.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL