Actually I was planning to mount the relays inside the enclosure and use the semi-rigid for internal connections. Tooling was the issue with UT-141.
After doing a little mental layout I can't see any reason not to mount the relays through the enclosure wall and make the connections direct to the relays. If I do that then flexible coax jumpers straight to the transverters would eliminate the need for a second set of jumpers all together. Sometimes discussion is good stimulation. Thanks, Steve - K5FR -----Original Message----- From: Jim Lux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Now I need a good source for UT-85 semi-rigid coax and some SMA >connectors to fit. Why 0.085 semirigid and not 0.141? The larger stuff is usually easier to install (esp if you use the connectors which just use the center conductor as the pin, although you need the right tooling). The center is pretty small on the 85. I don't know that there's much difference in cost between the two. Also, any particular reason for semirigid at all? If you can find an inexpensive source for premade cables with SMAs on both ends with flexible coax, for short runs, that's probably fine. You have to get pretty high in frequency before the loss in a 1 foot jumper is more than a dB. I would think that there's somewhere to get surplus 6-12-18" jumpers fairly cheap (wireless industry, etc.). Jim, W6RMK _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/
