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[N_Jay]

N J H. LMAO

Listen, I originally responded to your quote "Don't worry about SWR on a Rx only system"

First of all...we basically ruined the OP's thread . . ..

I hope we did not "ruin" the OP's thread. Hopefully he (and others) have not been confused into thinking that using RG-6 75 ohm cable on a 50 ohm system is a bad thing.

As I have said, (and continue to stand on) "Don't worry about SWR in an RX only system."

OK, to be fair, don't go crazy and put 600 ohm ladder line on a low impedance antenna, but we were dealing with coax, so that was not in the realm of possibilities.

 

[Lowa2]

For scanners, sure, 75ohm stuff works fantastic, but that's not what I was debating. Heck, we have some 75ohm antenna's going into 50 Ohm heliax, for "monitoring" only though, not tx ;-)

 

[N_Jay]

Don't worry about the SWR on a RX only system.

I hate that quote.

It just doesn't make sense. I mean i know it won't damage the radio, but it will hurt reception. We had a VHF air antenna on a "rx only system" with a swr of 3:1, and it brought range down from about 200 miles, to 30 miles.

Replaced it, and got more than the required 200...

End rant.

For scanners, sure, 75ohm stuff works fantastic, but that's not what I was debating. Heck, we have some 75ohm antenna's going into 50 Ohm heliax, for "monitoring" only though, not tx ;-)

OK, now I understand.
(End Rant Response) :wink::wink: