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1. 06:26 AM - Antenna cable (Charles Plumery)
2. 06:40 AM - Re: Antenna cable (Kelly McMullen)
3. 10:13 AM - Re: Antenna cable (Robert L. Nuckolls, III)
4. 11:09 AM - Re: Antenna cable (Charles Plumery)
5. 11:23 AM - Re: Antenna cable (Charles Plumery)
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| Subject: | Re: Antenna cable |
You will have a small signal loss from the connectors, but otherwise
fine. It is fairly common to build an 18-24" coax from the radio tray to
make future changes and servicing easier. AFAIK only GPS has constraints
about allowable dB loss between antenna and receiver.
Kelly
On 4/21/2017 6:24 AM, Charles Plumery wrote:
> Is it ok to extend the length of a antenna cable by making a short
> pigtail say five feet with connectors on each end to go between a VHF
> and the existing cable that is to short?
>
> Chuck
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| Subject: | Re: Antenna cable |
At 08:24 AM 4/21/2017, you wrote:
>Is it ok to extend the length of a antenna cable by making a short
>pigtail say five feet with connectors on each end to go between a
>VHF and the existing cable that is to short?
Yes
Bob . . .
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