I picked up 2 new rolls of LMR-400 solid center for a good price, factory installed PL-259's.

When I roll the m out on the ground, I get a straight 1.4 dB loss on 146.000

However when I send it up the pole or in the tree I get about 7-11dB of loss. Factory has no idea, and I figure I would ask the only nice group for some elmering. Am I missing some thing with coax?

W3WN: Ron, I can hit the 146.640 and the 147.090 now but wish the loss was lower, doesn't make real sense.

Feel free to ask your questions to help answer my question!

Thanks!