[FedCom] shack upgrade

Fri, 23 Jan 2004 20:14:55 -0500

Glenn,
Unless your RG58 is older than about five years, and unless you do much
monitoring above VHF, I would not bother. I have several base antennae, each
with its own purpose, and for VHF and below RG58 has treated me well at most
lengths.

My $.02

----- Original Message -----
From: Glenn Yarbrough <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 3:44 PM
Subject: [FedCom] shack upgrade

> I'm slowly upgrading my shack's equipment. Earlier this month the upgrade
> was to a new 1000 channel scanner. sometime later this year, I will
finally
> upgrade to a new shortwave receiver. In the meantime, I'm wondering if
> changing from what I believe to be RG-58 coax to something along the lines
> of RG-8 will help me in any way. The run from radio to antenna is less
than
> 50 feet, but how much less I'm not sure. Suggestions?
>
>
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