I don't care for stinkin' coax.




And yes, it works very well on VHF/UHF, you have to mind some issues. Low loss, arguably better than hardline. Biggest issue is it's a bitch to use on rotatable antennas. But a low loss balun with short runs of the expensive coax is a good solution there, at least through the VHF regions. Matching UHF is trickier, but do-able.

Another thing to consider is quad shield RG-6 75 ohm cable. It's very cheap, and low loss. All you have to do is make a short matching section of 50 ohm coax, using "the good stuff". This is done very easily with an antenna analyzer. Many of the RG-6 quad shield cables can handle a surprising amount of power, check the specs.

I have a bunch of surplus RG-6 quad shield that I got for free. Hams like free. .