I bought a new vhf antenna from Shakespeare and have installed it on the mast and run the coax to the base. Now I need to run the coax through the cabin. Shakespeare sold the antenna with about 60 ft of RG58c/u coax, but I miss measured how much slack to leave inside the mast and I'm a few feet short of the radio.
I've been trying to find more RG58 locally without any luck. All I can find is RG6 and RG8. So here's the question for the pros out there. Can I match RG58 (50 ohm) with only RG58? Or can I match it with RG8 which is 75 ohm? I will have 35 feet of RG58 running from the masthead to the mast base, then a single run of coax running about 20-25 feet to the radio.
Any suggestions?
Thanks, Mike
I've been trying to find more RG58 locally without any luck. All I can find is RG6 and RG8. So here's the question for the pros out there. Can I match RG58 (50 ohm) with only RG58? Or can I match it with RG8 which is 75 ohm? I will have 35 feet of RG58 running from the masthead to the mast base, then a single run of coax running about 20-25 feet to the radio.
Any suggestions?
Thanks, Mike