"Dave" wrote in message
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go for it. 8x is just fine for hf unless maybe you are planning to run
1500w rtty ragchewing on 10m on a hot day.

"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.


I agree, I use rg8x for the wire antennas on the low bands and only use the
larger coax for the triband beam. There will not be a noticable loss
differance at frequencies below 30 mhz. Not sure how much power the 8x will
take but seems ok at the power my sb 200 puts out (around 700 watts). For
runs of over 100 feet and frequencies of 50 mhz and above I use the larger
low loss types.