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Old 02-12-2008
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Originally Posted by btrayfors View Post
George,

..... Use RG-8X which has less loss at VHF frequencies than RG-58 (or a more exotic even lower loss coax if you wanna spend money).....Bill
Any idea how much of impact would the loss in signal strength be between RG8X and RG58 ?
I'm also planning to replace my coax and is toying between these two cable type. The thickness of RG8X will be a pain to run within the mast cable channel. I'm attempted to go with RG58 (high quality Belden cable - US made?).
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