Well said! I was thinking the very same thing. All my outdoor and buried coax is flooded Commscope quad-shield F-6 (RG-6). It will continuously handle WAY more than the legal limit on 160 and 80. And so will the F connectors!!
73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Donald Chester <k4...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I think you're being overly picky. The 75-ohm cable would be at worst a > 1.5:1 mismatch. Probably a fraction of a dB loss at most, particularly with > foam type hard line. If you have a source of good, low-loss 75-ohm coax > that will safely handle the power you intend to run, and which will hold up > for an extended period under direct burial, use it. The most likely > consequence might be a slight re-adjustment of your matching network. > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
