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Steve wrote:
I'm currently using this coax with a vertical and I'm very pleased with it. I am building a 15 ele yagi for 2m and would like to use the Westflex but I'm concerned that it might be a bit too stiff to use with a rotator mounted antenna. Has anyone tried this ? Yes, to my grief. If it's bent sharply, the inner conductor is pushed sideways and the copper foil tears. Even if you use a very big loop, the bending still tends to be concentrated into two small areas at the ends of the loop. It's better to get down below the rotator loop in a more flexible cable such as RG213, and then change to the low-loss Westflex for the longer part of the run. -- 73 from Ian G3SEK 'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB) Editor, 'The VHF/UHF DX Book' http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek |