[Elecraft] Now General RF Issue WAS 160m loop experiment a big failure

Jim Brown jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Sat Oct 22 12:42:17 EDT 2011


On 10/22/2011 9:33 AM, n5ge at n5ge.com wrote:
> According to Mosley, the maker of many military antennas, that's why the
> military doesn't use it on the ground or in the ground.  They use RG213, which
> will not crush when run over by vehicles with tires.

That information is probably rather dated. Although RG-numbers used to 
be a specification for cable (MANY years ago), they are now no more than 
a generic description of size and impedance.  You must get to a 
manufacturer's part number and data sheet to know what a cable really is.

73, Jim K9YC


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