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APPENDIX A.6 – VHF-CABLE SELECTOR
The table below gives recommendation on cables that can be used
for the VHF-antenna connections. The cable attenuation shall be
kept as low as possible, a 3 dB loss is the same as a reduction of the
input and output signal to a half.
Ex: A cable of 40 meter RG 214 has a cable attenuation of
2.8 dB.
Type Attenuation @ 150
MHz (dB/100m)
∅ (mm)
Weight (kg/100m)
RG 214 7 10.8 18.5
RG 217 5 13.8 30.1
RG 225 8 10.9 23.3
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