Everything Ham Radio Podcast

Hello everybody and welcome back to the Everything Ham Radio Podcast! In this episode we are going to be talking about     Tech Corner - Coax Coax is probably one of the main components of your station that you should NOT skimp on the cost of. You should always get the best coax that you can afford! You can have the best radio and the best antenna but have crappy coax and your neighbor could have a crappy radio and antenna but awesome coax, and your neighbor will nine times out of ten have a better signal than you do.   Let's do some math…   For easy math, let's say that your coax has a line loss of 3 dB per 100 feet and you have a 100 foot run, your radio has a transmitter power of 100 watts and your antenna has a 3 dB gain.   100(w) - 3 dB(coax loss) = 50(w) 50(w) + 3 dB(Antenna Gain) = 100(w)   In this example, you didn't gain anything but you also didn't loose anything. Let's take it one step more now and say that you have 200 foot run now.   100(w) - 6 dB(200 ft coax lo