Thread: NVIS and VHF?
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Old May 25th 11, 02:21 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
John KD5YI[_5_] John KD5YI[_5_] is offline
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Default NVIS and VHF?

On 5/24/2011 8:08 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
"John wrote in message
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75 feet, at 144 MHz
LMR240 - 2.2 dB
Belden 8215 (RG-6A) - 2.5 dB
Belden 9258 (RG-8x) - 3.0 dB
Tandy RG-8x - 3.1 dB
Belden 8267 (RG-213) - 1.9 dB
Wireman CQ110 (RG-213) - 1.6 dB
Belden 8237 (RG-8) - 1.7 dB
belden 8213 (RG-11) = 1.2dB


Huh? 75 ft of RG-11 has almost 8dB of loss at 146MHz. 75 ft of LMR240 has
9.7dB of loss at 146 MHz.

I won't go through your entire list.

Check out http://www.vk1od.net/calc/tl/tllc.php

Cheers,
John


John you need to see where you went wrong. The numbers Jim listed are
either correct or very close. I did not bother to do the calculations, but
looking at a 100 foot chart, the numbers are very close and no where near
the numbers you have.

I thought you may have looked at the web page and missed it defauls to
meters, but that does not seem to be the case to me.


You are correct, Ralph, and I apologize to the group for my error. I did
indeed put meters rather than feet into the calculator.

Again, my apologies, and thanks, Ralph, for correcting me.

Cheers,
John