Hello, Steve Thanks for the reply,, I will check into that I am in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida so I will checking US Andrew Heliax thanks for the information,, 73 Miguel, ai4em > You can't minimize the SWR with coax--well, you could but only by > having coax so lossy that the returned RF is dissipated by the > loss coming back, which is definitely not good. ;-) > > You don't say where you are, but in the US Andrew "Heliax" is > frequently available at really good prices, usually less than $1 > per foot for the 1/4" ldf4-50. If you look on the net for surplus > dealers on the net you can find buys like this fairly often. > Connectors can be found at cheaper prices, too. There are > other kinds of Heliax as well; ldf5-50 is 7/8" and even lower > in loss. Thats harder to find but just today at a swap I got > 65' of ldf5-50 with N connectors for $50. Great deals are > out there when you get lucky! > > There was a lot of talk on this list about the reasons why > LMR wasn't good for repeater use. See the archives for > that. > > Given the cost of Heliax these days, I'd use that. > > --STeve Andre' > wb8wsf Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/