I have used the 8X for 10 years on 40 and 80 meters with no negatives ...
works fine and if convenient for you it is fine ... I have run 1500 watts at
times and the only concern you might have is a little higher loss factor but
pretty negligible overall ...

I have 500 ft rolls of 8X for $109 and 100 ft runs with silver plated 259
connectors for $34 ....

Tom

WQ5J




"NotMe" wrote in message
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I need some help me with a decision on which coax to purchase. I'm a new
General Class ham and am planning my HF setup.

The standard coax seems to be RG-8. I'm curious if I use Belden RG-8X
(9258), will there be that much difference in performance at about 100' of
coax as compared to using RG-8? I want to use the RG-8X because the
smaller diameter coax will allow me to feed the coax easier into my house.
I suppose I could try to get the RG-8 in the house, but the place where I
want to bring it in only has minimal space and the RG-8X will fit just
right.

Thanks.