[amsat-bb] Re: Mobile Coax?

2009-05-31 Thread Nate Duehr
On May 30, 2009, at 10:15 AM, Edward Cole wrote: Yep. Commercial NMO mount mobile VHF/UHF antennas typically come with 17-feet of RG-58 and a connector to install when coax is trimmed for the particular installation. I have way too many 100w mobile installs in my past ;-) Of course, FM

[amsat-bb] Re: Mobile Coax?

2009-05-30 Thread Edward Cole
At 06:48 AM 5/30/2009, Bob Bruninga wrote: Other Car Tips: Convert from RG-58 to LMR-240-UF or RG-213. I'd take that with a grain of salt. The length of coax in a car is about say 10 feet. The loss of 100 feet of RG-58 is say 5 dB? and the loss of fancy stuff might be 3 db? But the