installing VHF - thoughts

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hart
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Post by hart »

No kidding. Marine anything is pricey. Seems to me sometimes it's needed and sometimes it's not.
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Post by tangentair »

hart wrote:No kidding. Marine anything is pricey. Seems to me sometimes it's needed and sometimes it's not.
Take a look at this page,or not, the difference in quality of coax RG8X, RG8U or RG58 is not only price but signal loss, size and weight of cable.
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Wonderful info! I've bookmarked it. Thanks.
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