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Old March 11th 08, 01:02 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Roy Lewallen Roy Lewallen is offline
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Default Attenuation Questions

Robert11 wrote:
Hello,

Would you expect to see, in a practical sense, and meaningful difference
between RG6 with a copper plated steel center conductor vs an all copper
one, going from the antenna to a receiving scanner (50 foot run; 1 GHz max).

Tried to find some attenuation tables for this in Google, but had no luck:
Plenty for the coax cables themselves, but might you know of any chart links
that show attenuation for the different types of connectors ?

Thanks,
B.


There will be no measurable electrical difference between copper clad
steel and pure copper center conductor.

There's no mechanism within any common type of RF connector which causes
any significant amount of loss. Various types can cause some impedance
mismatch, but not enough to cause a noticeable reduction of signal to
the receiver.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL