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Oct 2nd 2015, 20:47

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If you wrap rg-58 with aluminum foil will it act like lmr-240 or so for 2 meter operation with less signal loss ?
Oct 3rd 2015, 01:59

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No, the primary reason why LMR-240/RG-8X has less loss is the thicker center conductor.

Zack W1VT
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