Or an SWR meter....:/ With that much loss, even a dead short
would probably look acceptable...
As far as 213 coax, it *is * a direct bury coax. You can bury it
no problem. Rg-6 is a 75 ohm coax used for TV/Cable.
It will work, but it would be better to use a 50 ohm line, being
you have a 50 ohm rig...Will cause you appx a 1.4 to 1 mismatch,
with is no big deal really...It will reduce your "usable" bandwidth
though...I use 213 on VHF for short runs...Some loss, but not
enough to kill you...None of my coax runs are over 50 feet..MK

I have about 175 ft of Davis "Direct Bury" Low Loss 9914F total at my
station. It is superb 50 ohm low loss coax that requires no "garden hose"
or "pvc" tubing. Just slit the soil or trench it and lay the coax in. At HF
frequencies it is virtually lossless. It is within .1db in loss as compared
to 9913 plus it is very flexible and can be used on rotators directly where
9913 cannot. And moreover 9913 cannot be buried directly.

IMHO it is the best coax to use.

--

Charlie
Ham Radio - AD5TH
www.ad5th.com





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Or an SWR meter....:/ With that much loss, even a dead short
would probably look acceptable...
As far as 213 coax, it *is * a direct bury coax. You can bury it
no problem. Rg-6 is a 75 ohm coax used for TV/Cable.
It will work, but it would be better to use a 50 ohm line, being
you have a 50 ohm rig...Will cause you appx a 1.4 to 1 mismatch,
with is no big deal really...It will reduce your "usable" bandwidth
though...I use 213 on VHF for short runs...Some loss, but not
enough to kill you...None of my coax runs are over 50 feet..MK