Jim Brown wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Feb 2007 16:41:59 +0100, F5vjc wrote:
>
>
>> I understand a good and economic feeder for a Beverage antenna is the
>> "Direct burial Flooded coaxial cable" type RG6
>>
>
> The advantage to that particular cable is that it stands up particularly
> well to the elements (and small rodents). Other than that, there's nothing
> special about it -- any decent coax with good mechanical properties will
> work just fine. 50 ohm cable will work too, although you may need another
> turn or two on the high Z side of the transformer. Remember that loss in
> that cable is really not an issue.
>
> Jim Brown K9YC
>
>
Thanks Jim and to all who replied, I guess I'll settle for the ordinary
RG6U sold as Sat tv cable that I can buy locally. I just thought I might
find a source of the "flooded" variety over here but it seems not.
73, Deni
F5VJC
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