Best Coax?

[Mudfoot]

What frequency you gonna be operating on?

 

[Lawnmowerman427]

27mhz

 

[Lawnmowerman427]

I've thought about running either ladder wire or hardline

 

[hookedon6]

I've thought about running either ladder wire or hardline

... or a remote base

 

[w9cll]

How much money do you want to spend? There is RF over Fibre but get ready to open the wallet but it is zero loss.

 

[Lawnmowerman427]

Lol yeah that's the problem. I don't want to open the wallet too much but I also want something that's going to be effective.

 

[vkrules]

I have ldf-450 on my 2 meter array. Good cable but a pain in the ass to work with, doesn't go round corners well .You end up with a patch cable at the antenna so you can rotate and another cable at the radio. with a 100 ft run would you have less loss ,with the four extra connectors and patch cables ,than a single length of 9913 straight into the radio and antenna.? On the same note , the multicore cable tends to be more flexible than the solid core. And 9913 is more than enough at 27 mhz unless you plan on running 300 ft.

 

[vkrules]

Hey this is cb ! the more money you spend and the bigger you go the better.

 

[Lawnmowerman427]

It's going to take at least 1,000 feet to get my antenna on top of the ridge behinds my house. So what would work best for a 1,000 feet??

 

[W5LZ]

For that kind of distance you can forget about using coax, just none available that would be worth the effort or cost. That ladder line is possible, but it has it's own particular qwerks to deal with. If possible, that remote radio would probably be your best bet.
Before I did any of those things I'd try just using a decent antenna at your house. May not be the best possible location but see what happens.
- 'Doc

 

[hotrod]

i live in a valley also. with mountains to my north west. ive been told that id do
the best locally with a 1/4 wave antenna like a starduster m-400. although my
2016 has been doing ok. for dx work a flatside rotatable dipole or a flatside yagi
would be best. trying to mount ANY antenna up on that hill will bring too many
issues. you could install a radio ,antenna, amp in mobile and go park on that
hill, ive done that too and that works decent for local tx. and so-so for dx

 

[vkrules]

Try a yagi at home first. You never know, refraction ,reflection might just surprise you. Years ago I had a friend who lived west of me and to talk to him I had to beam due north straight at a large hill 1 mile away from me.As for dx that same hill stretches around to the north east .Yet I still work A LOT ! of US stations .

 

[hammer0630]

Holy Mackerel. The LMR-400 is a great deal and it is the best or at least right up there with the best. It's made in the US and is held to a higher degree of quality which means the copper is 99.99% copper etc not like Chinese crap that has no quality control,

 

[W5LZ]

You are aware that the center conductor is copper coated aluminum?
- 'Doc

 

[sdmahr]

You are aware that the center conductor is copper coated aluminum?
- 'Doc

According to earlier posts, the RF is going to travel along the outside where the copper is anyway............the inside, (if it were copper), would be wasted anyway.