Coax in door
Will shutting a car door on the coax from the antenna do any harm? It
creates an indention in the cable. Nathan |
wrote in message oups.com... Will shutting a car door on the coax from the antenna do any harm? It creates an indention in the cable. A "small" indention won't do any harm. However small is a relative term. If the indention is too big you'll short the outer shield to the center conductor. You don't want that to happen, period. If you have access to a SWR meter then check your match. If it's 2 to 1 or less then don't worry about it. -- Leland C. Scott KC8LDO Linux - The alternative OS to Micro$oft Windows |
"Leland C. Scott" wrote:
wrote in message oups.com... Will shutting a car door on the coax from the antenna do any harm? It creates an indention in the cable. A "small" indention won't do any harm. However small is a relative term. If the indention is too big you'll short the outer shield to the center conductor. You don't want that to happen, period. If you have access to a SWR meter then check your match. If it's 2 to 1 or less then don't worry about it. Leland is a coax expert. Check out his high tech coax run. http://img57.echo.cx/my.php?image=scan00035xn.jpg |
Hello Nathan 0515:
I use RG-142 Coax, it is the same size as RG-58 only its bullet proof. New it will cost almost 2 dollars a foot, but I have slamed the truck door on it for years and years. Jay in the Mojave wrote: Will shutting a car door on the coax from the antenna do any harm? It creates an indention in the cable. Nathan |
"Steveo" wrote in message ... "Leland C. Scott" wrote: wrote in message oups.com... Will shutting a car door on the coax from the antenna do any harm? It creates an indention in the cable. A "small" indention won't do any harm. However small is a relative term. If the indention is too big you'll short the outer shield to the center conductor. You don't want that to happen, period. If you have access to a SWR meter then check your match. If it's 2 to 1 or less then don't worry about it. Leland is a coax expert. Check out his high tech coax run. 18,400+ look ups on QRZ and counting considering I don't even do HF. 8-)) -- Leland C. Scott KC8LDO Linux - The alternative OS to Micro$oft Windows http://img57.echo.cx/my.php?image=scan00035xn.jpg |
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