On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:08:11 -0500, Don Wilhelm wrote: >This is a little known fact - 75 ohm coax has less loss than >comparable 50 ohm coax, and even with a 1.5 SWR, the increased >loss will not be sufficient to bring the total loss to that of >the 50 ohm coax. Besides, the 75 ohm coax is usually available at >a *much* lower cost. Often cutoffs from really good quality 75 >ohm coax.
The late Greg Milnes, W7OZ, ARRL Northwestern Division Director, DXer, good friend, and long-time club member, used 75-ohm hardline, "the big stuff" discarded by the cable company, to go up his three 120-foot towers with no problems at all. Isn't is nice to have a real 1500W PEP output into that sort of setup! For his "day job". Greg was a Judge of the Washington County Circuit Court, and was "the man behind the curtain" as to why hams throughout the county never got hassled about tower permits. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
