Sometimes "skipper-don't" type so well... yes I meant RG-223 and the Ebay Auction Example I listed in that post should clearly indicate the coax to be RG-223. Great and thanks for catching the typo.
cheers, s. > "Adam T. Cately" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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." > > > > > >> k7pfj@ 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 - >
