rg 174 coax?

[monitorboy]

hi
i see alot of this type of coax on mobile antennas.i guess so it can routed easily thru a door opening and around weatherstrips,but has any body tried to work with this stuff,what a pain to try to put new bnc connectors on the ends.its just so dang tiny. does it have more signal loss than rg58 or rg8......................................thanks 8)

 

[SCPD]

There are special BNC connectors made for 174, and yes it has more loss than 58 or 59.

 

[loumaag]

You can use this link to figure out what is what, but as ed_azailia points out, RG-174 is horrible for loss.
http://www.ocarc.ca/coax.htm

 

[kc4jgc]

THere are some manufacturers (Comet comes to mind) that the last 12" is RG-174 to allow routing around weatherstrips. The rest of the cable is RG-58 with excellent shielding. At 12" the loss would be negligible, I believe.

Steve

 

[N_Jay]

General rules of thumb.
1) The thicker the cable the lower the loss. (all else being the same)
2) The lower density (More air) the dielectric (inner insulator in coax) the lower the loss. (all else being the same)
3) The shielding has little effect on the loss

 

[kb2vxa]

Hi guys,

What you need is a coax table that will answer your questions and stop all this pointless arguing with massive misinformation. GOOGLE

 

[loumaag]

Hi guys,

What you need is a coax table that will answer your questions and stop all this pointless arguing with massive misinformation. GOOGLE

Warren,
The only pointless post in this small and generally finished thread is yours. You have been doing a lot of posting on the site, but not much contributing of any value and a lot of what you have to say is quite questionable. Please read the Etiquette and the Forums announcement. Generally new users get some slack; however, I must say that you have just about used all the spare rope necessary to tie yourself up in a knot. Your self-proclaimed occupation (in your profile) as pest seem pretty accurate. :roll: