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The other good thing to do, if you've put a lot of
money in your stack, is to throw out any RG 58 or even the RG 400, and replace
it with Andrew FSJ1-50 coax; there's no better on the market. You'll
tx an rx much farther, with lots less nulls in your pattern, because of
its low loss and solid outer conductor with essentially NO
leakage!
Paul,
Just curious, how did you determine that FSJ1 will
allow you transmit and receive much farther? Comparing the specs of FSJ1
with RG400 shows that the difference in loss over 10' of coax at com frequencies
is about 0.25dB. That's trivial. And I was under the impression that
nulls in the pattern were primarily the result of the antenna and its
physical installation.
Tom Gourley
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