In a message dated 97-05-14 09:10:49 EDT, pramey@smtplink.ram.com writes:
> As you know hard-line is not made to be bent or moved a lot. I would
> use hard line to the tower and up to the 1st level where the tower is
> nested. I would then use a 9913 type the rest of the way. If the
> tower nests at 20 feet and extends to 55 feet you will only have
35-45
> feet of 9913 type of coax. I have use runs of 75 feet of 9913 with a
> radio putting out only 2 watts and have good performance from it at
> 940 MHz.
The same caveat should be applied to 9913. Since the inner conductor of
9913 is a solid wire, it shouldn't be used in an application where it'll be
moved; i.e. rotator loop or on crank-up. Over time, it will crack and break.
There are some new 9913 clones that have a multi-strand inner conductor that
will take the movement with no problem.
The only way you could use hardline on a crank-up tower is if you never
lower it once it's extended.
73, Steve K7LXC
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