All due respect, but in nearly 30 years of maintaining paging systems from
40-950 mHz, I've never heard this, or been instructed by an antenna vendor to
do so.
LDF4-50 jumper from the feedline to the antenna was the standard, purely
because we used feedlines of 1 1/4 and 1 5/8 routinely and that doesnt bend
sharp enough to get to connectors.
Humor mode on: Maybe that why paging has largely gone by the wayside ;mode off
We never used superflex outside though, apparently some of the jackets were not
rated for sun exposure.
Best regards de W1EL
Eric Lowell
Eastern Maine Electronics Inc.
48 Loon Road
Wesley ME 04686
eme....@starband.net
www.satnetmaine.com
--- On Sun, 9/13/09, MCH <m...@nb.net> wrote:
From: MCH <m...@nb.net>
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: coax cable
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009, 3:36 PM
Hardline/Heliax should *never* be connected directly to an antenna.
ALWAYS use a jumper.
Joe M.
Joe wrote:
> I would agree on 1/2" being a good alternative. The 1/2" would only
> require a connector at both ends, eliminating 4 connectors that would be
> used on the jumpers when using 7/8" line. After eliminating the loss
> (and potential problems) of the 4 connectors, 1/2" would come close to
> matching the 7/8" in line loss.
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> Joe
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> larynl2 wrote:
>> If I may argue Eric's good advice here, for a 100' or so run, I would not be
>> bothered by using 1/2" Heliax. For less than 1db more loss at 70cm, it's
>> much cheeper and easier to run...
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