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Old January 7th 05, 01:27 AM
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You are compairing apples and oranges here. First your 5' higher on
the discone is going to be a little improvement.

But the HUGH HUGH HUGH difference is the coax! 9913 is much better than
the RG6 which comes with the ScanTenna. I don't use the RG6 that comes,
I replace it with either 9913 or LMR-400. But that alone your going to
see a major improvement on your ScanTenna in the UHF range.

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I dont think he's comparing apples to oranges at all. First off when it
comes to VHF or UHF, 5' more height is nothing. Second of all there is no
HUGE,, HUGE difference in db's of attenuation between RG 6 and 9913.
The "average" db of attenuation for 9913 per 100' from 1mhz to 1ghz is 2.17
db. The "average" atenuation for RG 6 per 100' from 1mhz. to 1ghz is 3.2 db.
The average difference between the 2 is 1.03 db, wouldnt even be noticeable.
And those specs. are for a 100' run. I believe he said his run was more like
30'. I use quad shielded RG 6 all the time and it works great, not to mention
its much easier to work with than the thick, stiff 9913, or LMR 400.


Jeff


 
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