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radio10-8

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I want to remove my glass mounts and add one more rooftop NMO. As I was playing around in the headliner I found that the glass mounts have 2 diiferent size cables. One is RG-8? and the other is RG174. Is RG174 cable a good cable to use or is it to thin? Its great to use to run thru the headliner and under carpets.
 

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radio10-8 said:
I want to remove my glass mounts and add one more rooftop NMO. As I was playing around in the headliner I found that the glass mounts have 2 diiferent size cables. One is RG-8? and the other is RG174. Is RG174 cable a good cable to use or is it to thin? Its great to use to run thru the headliner and under carpets.

For the short run in a vehicle it should be fine.
 

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You DON'T want to use rg-174 for mobile even for short lengths. RG174 has 4x the signal loss as rg-8 on UHF and 2x loss on VHF. I also question rg8 in mobile, most likely its RG-58 and not rg8. Using rg58 or LMR. MOst NMO mounts will come with rg58 or LMR coax attached on the NMO side and you need to terminate on the radio side. rg-58 will route just about as easy as 174 will.
 

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when you get your new nmo mounts, they should have good coax on them i have only seen the rg58 or mlr used
 
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