Jim Weir wrote:

I've got a stupid question. Why would somebody use silver-plated copper coated
steel coax with teflon dielectric at about a buck a foot RG-142 when any decent
active antenna will drive 50' of nickel a foot and no magnetic errors RG-174?

Jim, dontcha know? If it costs more, it's gotta be better. :-)

George Patterson
A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that
you look forward to the trip.