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While there is some differences in loss between those two cables that difference shouldn't make much difference and both are 50 ohm impedance. Radio Shack coax just wouldn't be my first choice, but it should work. It'll be interesting to see if there any difference in SWR with the new cable.
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While there is some differences in loss between those two cables that difference shouldn't make much difference and both are 50 ohm impedance. Radio Shack coax just wouldn't be my first choice, but it should work. It'll be interesting to see if there any difference in SWR with the new cable.
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ok it is looking GOOD! swr on CH 1 doesn't even move the meter! Ch 40 is 2 so i am going to trim some off the antenna tomorrow. the switch from the Radio Shack coax was night and day. so now the Radio Shack coax is being demoted to scanner feed.

As for the Radio Shack coax it is totally JUNK! i got 2 50' boxes and tested them with my dummy load 1 got a SWR of over 3! out of the box needless to say i took it back..

My frend was not home to help me test this he lives 4.5 miles away. I hope i do good this time i did 5 miles on 4 watts of UHF on GMRS. so if i cant do 5 miles on CB ill be upset.
 
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