APPENDICES Page 65Document id: 7000 108-011 A2APPENDIX A.6 – VHF-CABLE SELECTORThe table below gives recommendation on cables that can be usedfor the VHF-antenna connections. The cable attenuation shall bekept as low as possible, a 3 dB loss is the same as a reduction of theinput and output signal to a half.Ex: A cable of 40 meter RG 214 has a cable attenuation of2.8 dB.Type Attenuation @ 150MHz (dB/100m)∅ (mm) Weight (kg/100m)RG 214 7 10.8 18.5RG 217 5 13.8 30.1RG 225 8 10.9 23.3
