At 04:50 PM 5/11/08 -0000, you wrote: Are you sure you don't mean 'RG-223' there, Skipper-doo?
I use a lot of this on my bench and home equipment, for the same reasons the Skipp points out - it's cheap and effective. It's the same size (approximately) as RG-58, and uses mostly the same connectors (occasionally I'll get a crimp connector collar that's a little snug...) >One doesn't have to go high dollar overkill spec all the time. >I'm also a fairly big fan of RG-233 Coax for many repeater >system/equipment applications. RG-233 seems to be the ignored >step child of the coax family, which means it's not instant shark >bait every time it pops up on Ebay and the surplus radio world >market. > >I found a fairly decent price on some pre-made RG-233 Coax runs >on Ebay: > >Cable Assembly RF Coax 7 ft RG-223/U N-Fe to SMA Male >Ebay Item number: 190175957842 > >My offer to the seller for 2/3 the asking amount was accepted and >I now have a fair number of those lines in my collection at a >much better than the $3.10 (Tessco) list price per foot. > >Not a bad deal if you want to take the plunge... > >cheers, >skipp >skipp025 at yahoo.com >www.radiowrench.com > > > >"See you at Dayton! I'm the short chubby guy with red hair." > > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hi Brent, >> I agree with Skipp, the LMR is not the cable i would recommend >> in a duplex repeater install. If you want jumper coax, I only >> use RG400 and it is a plenum rated silver plated with double >> shield braid silver. Both Motorola and Kenwood systems use >> this coax for there internal cableing inside the cabinet. I >> yet have seen them use LMR coax. Spend the little extra for >> good coax and you will find yourself much happier and not >> searching for weird site problems. For the main feed line, you >> can't get any better then Andrew's LDF coax for repeater installs. > > > >------------------------------------ > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > - Adam -
