[Elecraft] Is it just me?

[Josh Fiden]

3 dB feedline loss is not a practical number. At 6m I run only hardline, 
90' of 1/2" for terrestrial and about 75' of 1-1/4" for EME. Loss is 
<<1dB. If you keep your eyes open, surplus low loss feedline is not 
expensive. Putting a preamp on the tower with appropriate sequencing & 
isolation, especially if you run QRO, is more effort/cost/maintenance. 
Hard to justify at 6m.

73,
Josh W6XU

On 1/25/2017 4:54 PM, Ken Arck wrote:
> if you place a preamp with a NF of .5 dB at the "rig end" of a 
> feedline run that exhibits 3 dB of loss