On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:45:38 -0500, "Brian"
wrote:

I finally got a house out in the woods on five acres and I'm going to set up
a couple of pretty long wires and my Wellbrook ALA-1530. I've pretty much
decided on RG-6 for a couple of 150 ft. runs because the stuff's dirt cheap
and I can pick it up at the local Home Depot. Is the impedance mismatch here
going to be negligible, or should I just bite the bullet and go with RG-8 or
a similar 50 ohm coax?

-Brian

Go with the RG-6, the loss at HF is negligable - in fact I believe
less than RG-58 and perhaps RG-8 as well. The 'mismatch' isn't an
issue at all & your receiver will likely never know it either. If
you are putting together the antenna yourself I suggest using a panel
mount 'F' connector at your feed point, use the coax as-is from the
box - though I cheat at the radio end and use an 'F' to UHF adapter.