Hardline for 160 meters? I've mostly used hardline where I really needed it, like back when I was doing weak signal work on the low end of 144 MHz.
Is 75 ohm CATV-type RG-6 (F-6) coax available where you live? That's what I use on 160m to feed my inverted-L that is quite a distance from the operating position. I buy Commscope quad-shield flooded (buryable) F-6 with CCS conductor and a bonded inner shield in 1000' spools off eBay. I even use F connectors at 1500 watts (as do other hams). Neither the coax nor the F connectors get the least bit warm, even after several minutes of key-down at 1500 watts. The loss of RG-6 is about the same as RG-213. And it will handle over 3000 watts all day long in the hot sun. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
