Another cute low cost coax trick is the center insulation material. If you have a choice... I would tell you go out of your way to ensure the center material is not the soft foam type insulator ... which has also been another nightmare generator for me.
cheers, s. > "Eric Lemmon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Genuine, MIL-C-17 RG-214/U coaxial cable has double silver-plated copper > shields. Several companies manufacture an RG-214 "TYPE" cable that is very > similar, but without the silver plating. As you would expect, it's a lot > cheaper than the genuine RG-214/U stuff. Such cable may also have less > braid coverage than the genuine cable. > > Be very cautious about buying any coaxial cable that has the word "TYPE" on > it, even if the maker claims that is "military specification" cable. That > one word can allow the maker to market an inferior product to unsuspecting > buyers. > > 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 8:20 PM > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Wacom 642 (duplexer war stories...) > > In a message dated 4/11/2008 8:13:21 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I've actually had plain copper-braided RG-214 coax on the antenna > port of a UHF duplexer cause desense; had to replace it with silver-plated > RG-214 .... > > > Can you clarify this? I thought that any RG-214 cable has a spec for > silver plated shielding. >
