Decibels versus pound notes, or co-ax cable
Posted: 02 May 2019, 08:18
Ive got 3 15M coax cable runs to do.
one for an 11/10 vertical (sirio 2016)
one for a rotatable 2 ele 6m yagi
one for a rotatable 5 ele 2m yagi.
do I ?
1) forget the internet exists, wire everything with the Drum of RG58 I already have, and ignore the odd dB of loss here and there , because there's no one on the bands anyway until sporadic E season, andthen I could have used bell wire. with the money I save I could buy another piece of radio related junk to play about with.
2) Spend £40 on a drum of RG8 mini, because it could be a lottery what spec its manufactured to and where, and I might get lucky, plus all the CB'ers are using it so it must be good, and I can use 25p PL259 connectors with it and solder them with my 25 watt antex.
3) Believe the hype and spend £130 on a drum of Paolo Nutini supeflex 7 linear crystal oxgygen free copper, hand braided by nymphs. with no loss figures quoted on the website, because "its so good it puts into shade the competitor cables of the same diameter " Hey, I might even get to work E-M-E.
4) don't be so tight, buy a £50 drum of RG8, do all the cable runs with this, and be content in the satisfaction that nobody on facebook is going to be sneering at tmy antenna cabling
one for an 11/10 vertical (sirio 2016)
one for a rotatable 2 ele 6m yagi
one for a rotatable 5 ele 2m yagi.
do I ?
1) forget the internet exists, wire everything with the Drum of RG58 I already have, and ignore the odd dB of loss here and there , because there's no one on the bands anyway until sporadic E season, andthen I could have used bell wire. with the money I save I could buy another piece of radio related junk to play about with.
2) Spend £40 on a drum of RG8 mini, because it could be a lottery what spec its manufactured to and where, and I might get lucky, plus all the CB'ers are using it so it must be good, and I can use 25p PL259 connectors with it and solder them with my 25 watt antex.
3) Believe the hype and spend £130 on a drum of Paolo Nutini supeflex 7 linear crystal oxgygen free copper, hand braided by nymphs. with no loss figures quoted on the website, because "its so good it puts into shade the competitor cables of the same diameter " Hey, I might even get to work E-M-E.
4) don't be so tight, buy a £50 drum of RG8, do all the cable runs with this, and be content in the satisfaction that nobody on facebook is going to be sneering at tmy antenna cabling