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Old September 22nd 10, 02:33 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default Magnetic Longwire Balun: weird resistance. What is normal?

Ian Jackson wrote:
In message , Geoffrey S.
Mendelson writes



Decent quality RG-6 coax is easy to find at any of the home improvement
type shops, satellite TV dealers, etc. It's a lot better than the RG-59
or RG-59/U that was sold in the past.

If possible, if the coax is fairly long, I'd try and 'acquire' something
a bit less lossy than RG6 (at 50MHz, 5dB/100m, 1.5dB/100'. For cable TV,
RG11 (3.1dm/100m, 0.95dB/100') is sometimes a 'long drop' alternative to
RG6 or RG7. But you can do better than that. A Google should bring up
specs. This site gives a good selection. The CATV trunk cables look
interesting, but will usually be literally a bit 'too hard to handle'.

http://caledonian-cables.com/product/Coaxial%20Cables/coaxial.htm


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