N3QO » rg-8x http://n3qo.com Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:38:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Shack recabling. http://n3qo.com/archives/326 http://n3qo.com/archives/326#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:00:21 +0000 jeff http://n3qo.com/?p=326 Continue reading →]]> Also to note, I decided to rewire the inside portion of the shack and upgrade from RG-8x to RG-8u and also a quad Alpha-Delta switch. You can still see the existing 8x runs out to the outdoor grounding system, of which also feeds 8x up to the antennas. Only 200 feet of cable to replace… at $1.45/foot. Yikes.

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The switch on the left selects either antenna (beam or vertical) or dummy load. The switch on the right selects the radio, either the Icom or the Heathkit.

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