[160m] RG6 & F connectors

Ford Peterson ford at cmgate.com
Sun Jul 17 22:15:17 EDT 2005


I'm considering a phased array system that uses RG6.  A natural connector would be a type "F" connection.  Two questions:

How much power would I dare run through the RG6.  RG6 is 75 ohm, AL foil with AL braid.

The UHF guys tell me they run 1KW+ through F connections.  Is this reasonable?

Although I do not anticipating running 1.5KW on Topband, running a KW through this system would be nice.  At what point does the whole thing become a 'fuse?'

Ford-N0FP
ford at cmgate.com




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