Adrian, A properly terminated coax radiates very little. Even if some it will be way down and will take special equipment to measure, not just a watt meter.
Most all losses are due to LC in cable with some in R. It become heat. The R is normally very low compared to the LC. The sufficence? of cable radiation can be signals leaking into other components such as from a tx into rcvr in a repeater causing desense or other problems. 73, ron, n9ee/r >From: Adrian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: 2008/06/29 Sun PM 05:30:09 EDT >To: dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: Re: Re: [dstar_digital] Noise/Desense and Loss Measurements - >RP4000V Cables > >Isn't coax radiation regarded as a loss? Isn't this radiation depleting the >level of signal found at the source end? Any radiation leak beyond the shield >must consume energy taken from the signal properties surely, from a physics >point of view. > Any elaboration on this relationship, I'm eager to learn? > >vk4tux > >From: Ron Wright > >Might improve loss somewhat, but main issue is cable radiation. > >73, ron, n9ee/r > Ron Wright, N9EE 727-376-6575 MICRO COMPUTER CONCEPTS Owner 146.64 repeater Tampa Bay, FL No tone, all are welcome.
