Hi Gery,
     Well, it comes down to this. The higher in frequency you run the higher 
the loss but you can off set some of this by running a lower loss coax. Then 
to you will probably have improved transmit/receive on VHF and higher by 
having your antenna higher in the air. I have run over 100 feet of coax on 
VHF and worked stations over 100 miles away with 5 watts. This was in the 
mid west where there was little standing in the way of my signal.

God bless,
Mark
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gery Gaubert" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 6:32 AM
Subject: length of coax


>I finally got a tower.  40 ft.  I now have a problem though.  I can only
> put the tower in one place.  I will need to run abount 200 of coax to
> get from the top of the tower to the radio.  I realize that the shorter
> the run the better the reception and probably the transmition.  How much
> of a loss will I experience?  I guess what I am trying to ask is can I
> live with the loss?
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