[SMCARA] Coax cable

[Carlos]

Thanks Tom and everyone for the recommendations.  I'll get in touch with AJ.

Carlos
On Feb 12, 2014, at 4:52 AM, "Tom Shelton" <gl1800winger at verizon.net> wrote:

> Hi Carlos,
> 
> I'd recommend RG-8X.  About the same size as RG-58 (which should be
> avoided), but much better made.
> 
> Attenuation @ 100ft/Pwr/Efficiency
> 0.9dB @ 10MHz/2.16kW/80% E
> 1.4dB @ 30MHz/1.24kW/69% E
> 2.1dB @ 50MHz/.96kW/62% E
> 3.6dB @ 150MHz/0.55kW/43.5% E
> 6.3dB @ 450MHz/0.31kW/23.2% E\
> 
> Also, while doing your shopping, HRO and DX engineering are good, but A.J.
> at JefaTech (http://www.jefatech.com/) is local, a fellow ham, and a nice
> guy who has done really good things for the club.  He's got every type of
> coax you would ever need and can cut to your specific length and terminate
> with your connectors of choice.
> 
> Tom Shelton, ND3N
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: smcara-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:smcara-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Carlos
> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 10:59 PM
> To: smcara at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [SMCARA] Coax cable
> 
> When I bought the Buddipole I got 25ft of coax as part of the kit. Of course
> I need more. Looking at coax loss tables I almost went for LMR-400 until I
> saw how rigid it is. Since I'm doing QRP I'm looking for low loss but since
> I'm also mobile, well, you get the picture.
> 
> I was looking at some options from DXengineering : DXE-8U low loss cable
> seems like a good choice.  Any recommendations on what type of coax to get?
> 
> Carlos
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