Cheapest I seen on that 1300a is $300/roll. Almost seems worth it after seeing this crap today...
Kurt Fankhauser Wavelinc Communications P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 http://www.wavelinc.com tel. 419-562-6405 fax. 419-617-0110 On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:10 AM, Ken Hohhof via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > Never seen a defect with Belden 1300A/7919A or the Best-Tronics clone > of it. It ain’t cheap though. > > *From:* Kurt Fankhauser via Af <af@afmug.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 07, 2014 10:32 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* [AFMUG] WTF apex 9 cable defects > > Been using APEX 9 cable for 3 years with no problems until the last > year. Earlier this year I unrolled some off a spool and the outer jacket > was missing in a spot, CTI sent me a new box and wanted the old one back, > today found another box with a HUGE section of outerjacket missing, obvious > manufacturing defect because the footage marking was printed on the foil > shield! Opened another box from the same pallet and immediately found > another defect on that roll that wasn't even off the spool yet. > > I need to find another brand of cable, I CAN NOT be having these poor > quality control issues showing up on towers which is where this cable was > being installed today.... > > Kurt Fankhauser > > Wavelinc Communications > > P.O. Box 126 > > Bucyrus, OH 44820 > > http://www.wavelinc.com > > tel. 419-562-6405 > > fax. 419-617-0110 >
