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Wildrat
Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 12:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
What is the shortest jumper, I should use?
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Wildrat
Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 7:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
A coax jumper, I know multiples of 3 is the magic number I guess. Can they be shorter, say a foot?
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Bigbob
Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2004 - 10:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
yep,I made one 3 inches long including the pl-259s,and I'm currently using one 35 feet long,if your antenna is very close to 50 ohms impedance it's reactance will be negligable meaning your swr won't change very much with differing lengths of coax.Bigbob
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Wildrat
Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 7:09 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
thank you?
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Scrapiron63
Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 11:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)
I've made jumpers 6 inches long where people wanted to mount a little amp right on their radio, works great. I also have a 150 foot "jumper" from my shop to the house and it shows no loss.

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