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Old 10-05-2005   #1 (permalink)
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Sticky about cable losses...
Well....

It'd be very useful for us newbies - and no doubt save countless 'how much does x cable lose per ft/m'....




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Old 10-05-2005   #2 (permalink)
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Well....

It'd be very useful for us newbies - and no doubt save countless 'how much does x cable lose per ft/m'....




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cool - can someone sticky the link to that?
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cool - can someone sticky the link to that?
Add it to your bookmarks. Of course if you were not afraid of google...
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yikes, RG58 only loses .69dB/100ft....surely that's not right

then the fool notices it's in MHz duh!
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yikes, RG58 only loses .69dB/100ft....surely that's not right

then the fool notices it's in MHz duh!

I get 24.775
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I know, I presumed it was GHz and entered 2.4....silly fucktard n00b
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using about 2ft isn't that bad (only lose about .5dB)...hopefully my homebrew aerial will eclipse that. Not ideal, but the west of Ireland is hardly awash with LMR400
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using about 2ft isn't that bad (only lose about .5dB)...hopefully my homebrew aerial will eclipse that. Not ideal, but the west of Ireland is hardly awash with LMR400

Don't forget to include some loss for the connectors.
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would it be feasable to butcher cat5 cable, which is rather lossless, and use that?....
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I will do. Gold plated ones being better?
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would it be feasable to butcher cat5 cable, which is rather lossless, and use that?....
Use cat5 in place of coax? No No No No No No! Do not do that...
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I will do. Gold plated ones being better?
You'll have to look at the specs for the connector.
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Lol!Why?
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Lol!Why?
It is not coax.
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