Harbin Osteen wrote:
Howdy:
I was wondering if, for a long run, instead of running coax for vhf or
uhf, if you could
have your radio up by the antenna, then run some large, but cheep wire to
the head unit
on say a ic-208? Would there be too much loss in D.C., or is there any other
problems
that I don't know about that would make this a really stupid idea, such as
some kind
of timing delay problem?

Locating an amplifier at the antenna is a fairly common
practice both for transmitting and/or receiving.
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73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp