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Someone told me LMR 400 coax would be the best way to go because it can handle 1000 watts or more and the cable is small like the mini 8 and would be easier to install in my big truck than RG 8...Feed back please....Thanks
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They told you wrong... It can handle the watts but it is not small like Mini 8... RG213 is a good coax, but it is also large...Runaway wrote:Someone told me LMR 400 coax would be the best way to go because it can handle 1000 watts or more and the cable is small like the mini 8 and would be easier to install in my big truck than RG 8...Feed back please....Thanks
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Depending what size box you are going to run, mini 8 might be fine... What are you looking to install?Runaway wrote:is there anything I can use with-out having to cut a hole? I currently run my coax through the vent window and would like to go back in a similar fashon,but will be impossible with large cable...
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If you want a smaller coax, but something that's a little better than RG mini-8. Then check out LMR 240 coax.
It's about the same size as mini-8, and is a higher quality, and can handle well over 1000w's. It has better shielding than mini-8, and is a more efficient coax.
Only draw-back, is putting the connectors on this stuff. The center conductor wire's foam insulation has a thin tin shield glued on it, that has to be scraped off first, to keep from creating a ground short when your putting on the antenna connectors...This can be easier said than done...
It's about the same size as mini-8, and is a higher quality, and can handle well over 1000w's. It has better shielding than mini-8, and is a more efficient coax.
Only draw-back, is putting the connectors on this stuff. The center conductor wire's foam insulation has a thin tin shield glued on it, that has to be scraped off first, to keep from creating a ground short when your putting on the antenna connectors...This can be easier said than done...
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you should have no problem using mini 8 with a 2x4..Runaway wrote:Im looking at a Davemade 2x4 and it would be great if I could stay with the mini 8...It would be alot easier to replace when needed...Think that is possible and not loose performance?
especially with a short run like a mobile install..
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jessejamesdallas wrote:If you want a smaller coax, but something that's a little better than RG mini-8. Then check out LMR 240 coax.
It's about the same size as mini-8, and is a higher quality, and can handle well over 1000w's. It has better shielding than mini-8, and is a more efficient coax.
Only draw-back, is putting the connectors on this stuff. The center conductor wire's foam insulation has a thin tin shield glued on it, that has to be scraped off first, to keep from creating a ground short when your putting on the antenna connectors...This can be easier said than done...
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jessejamesdallas wrote:
Only draw-back, is putting the connectors on this stuff. The center conductor wire's foam insulation has a thin tin shield glued on it, that has to be scraped off first, to keep from creating a ground short when your putting on the antenna connectors...This can be easier said than done...
I sure don't need any more "easier said than done" problems...Can I not get this kind of cable with ends already on it? Or would it be in my best interest to try to learn to put the ends on myself ?:roll:
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You can order it with the ends already installed. But it's Pricey!I sure don't need any more "easier said than done" problems...Can I not get this kind of cable with ends already on it? Or would it be in my best interest to try to learn to put the ends on myself ?
I agree with everyone else too, for a 2x4, mini-8 is fine. You wouldn't be able to tell any difference between the two.
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