Different location, different problems. Use the good stuff, to avoid
being surprised.
73Bruce-K1FZ
-----------------------------------------From: "Jeremy Maris"
To: topband@contesting.com
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Sent: Thursday September 19 2019 1:40:33PM
Subject: Re: Topband: Coax for Top-band beverage antenna
That depends upon the length of the feedline: cheap copper plated
satellite RG6 has a *lot* of attenuation at 2MHz, as much as 3.6dB per
100m
We have a 750m coax feed to our beverages and attenuation DOES matter
on long feed lines. We had ~ 25dB !
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Caveat emptor.
Jeremy G3XDK/G4AQG
> On 19 Sep 2019, at 17:57, K4SAV <RadioXX@charter.net> wrote:
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> Don't worry about feedline loss for a Beverage. A few dB loss isn't
going to make any difference at all. You can worry about feedline loss
for transmit antennas, not for receiving antennas.
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> Jerry, K4SAV
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> On 9/19/2019 10:17 AM, Kevin Shea via Topband wrote:
>> I have read that the skin effect at 2 MHz may be deeper than the
copper coating on a copper covered steel inner conductor of most RG6
cables. Thus, as I plan for long cable runs back from my (to be
installed) Beverages I am thinking I need either solid copper, solid
aluminum,. or copper covered aluminum for my RG6 coax. So the question
is am I wrong in this understanding?
>> Also, does the shield matter? It's not very thick so does a foil
and 60% aluminum shield do the job? Or should I be looking at a foil
and 95 percent copper shield like the Belden 1694.
>> I know it may not be too material but I want to make an informed
decision.
>> Thanks! and
>> 73,
>> Kevin, N9JKP
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