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Re: Topband: RG-6 Coax again

To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: RG-6 Coax again
From: Robert Smits <bob@rsmits.ca>
Reply-to: bob@rsmits.ca
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:40:50 -0700
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On Saturday 15 October 2011 07:47:01 John K9UWA wrote:
> That would have been me Dave. I have been using Garden Variety RG6
> on my 160 array for well over 20 years. I tested a single run of it with a
> pair of heathkit dummy loads. Test piece of cable was 10 feet long with F
> connectors to F-UHF adapters. Brick on the KEY on the Amp until the Dummy
> loads started to smoke. Amp off and grabbed the coax. No heating observed
> in the coax or the F connectors.
>

And how do you get it back down to 50 ohms for the transmitter.



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