Also, when Chris speaks of the antenna system, he does include the loss of the coax in the overall gain figures. System gain (DB) = Antenna gain (DB) + coax loss (-DB) You can find the published loss figures on www.timesmicrowave.com for the LMR-xxx series and www.belden.com for 9913 and 89913. Chris, would you like to give a power output (watts and dbm) computation example? S. Earl Jarosh (ex. Steve?) N0HZ (ex. KA0VYB) No Hertz, No Gain 612-868-1313 earl at jarosh.org earljarosh at moneycenters.com www.moneycenters.com > It would not be illegal to use the DBS dish as long as you reduce the > transmit power level as requied by the FCC. > > The amount you have to reduce the power is directly dependent on the > actual gain of the antenna system. > > -- > 73 Chris Cox N0UK, G4JEC, ex-AB0CN, ex-G8PTC RNARS #1157 EN34jv _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list at tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list