"Rob Mills" wrote in message
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for the scanners and use a good RG 6, and RG 58 is fine for SW antennas
that only are used up to 30mhz. or so Jeff

Sounds good, don't want to spend a fortune and all three runs will be well
under 50ft, probably more like 30 - 35 ft.. Going to suspend a B&W
inverted
vee from a 24 ft mast with the ground plane on top, then mount an AMRAD
active vertical (if I ever get all the parts together and assemble it) to
a
sewer vent pipe on the roof.



9913 cable is a medium sized cable - approx 8mm in diameter, and is
moderately expensive. Matt

Yeah, I need cheap (don't see the need for expensive for a receive only
ant)
and small as I will have to fish it through some tight spaces to get were
I'm taking it.

Even for transmit on HF (assuming you are not running high power), and
particularly on the lower freqs, RG58 is fine. For receiving on VHF and up,
go for the best cable that you can afford - 9913 would be fine for the cable
runs you are anticipating using - have not used RG6, and don't know what the
specs are so couldn't comment there. I wouldn't use RG58 for your scantenna
or RS groundplane (depending on which one you end up using).




Matt

Thanks guys, I haven't bought any coax or put up any antennas in 25 years,
Rob Mills ~