It seems to me the actual loss of the coax should be measured
before chucking it. This is pretty easy to do with digital
swr analyzers. If it's good, keep using it and make a periodic
check on it (ref my tech correspondence in April QST on how
to do it from the shack).
73, Ed
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Ed Jensen, K5ED, El Paso, TX (ae110@rgfn.epcc.edu)
>From George Cook <george@epix.net> Tue Apr 18 00:22:02 1995
From: George Cook <george@epix.net> (George Cook)
Subject: Missed the boat
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950417192043.1493E-100000@peach.epix.net>
Hmmmmm
Maybe a good thing too! Could you imagine a 9 year old trying to handle
the pile up that a V7 would cause!!!!!
I am laughing myself silly just thinking about it!
GC
On Sun, 16 Apr 1995, Ken Wells, V73C wrote:
> Chelsea and I missed the SquINT contest. It seems like 1800 UTC is just a
> bit early. We did not make it down to the club station as that is 0600
> local time on Kwaj. Maybe next year.
>
> Ken
>
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