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this is probably niche enough that literally no one is going to have an opinion if they even know what these numbers mean
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@terrana yep! specifically, 50Ω ones. outside of extremely esoteric situations, they're all effectively interchangeable.
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@terrana Hmm. Not exactly but kind of yes. Need to get the lowest inductance we can possibly manage.
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@Felthry we ended up looking up rfcafe.com/references/electric and staring at the numbers before making a decision without really knowing what the numbers meant

it sounded like RG-8X had the biggest O.D. but lower capacitance and attenuation at 400 MHz, so, 🤷🏽‍♀️? we assume there are other tradeoffs too but they weren't on the table

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