No room for Superflex in the repeater cabinet, and the RG-214 is MILSPEC, which is silver shield.
Mike WM4B From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Laryn Lohman Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 12:23 PM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Duplexer Tuning / Desense --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> , Jim Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mike, that RG-8X is the first thing I would get rid of. It is typically only %95 covered in shield braid, and that is a path for a lot of leakage. > > The rule of thumb in the whole repeater cabinet is double shielded RG-214 or RG-142. That takes away a lot of paths for leakage to bypass your duplexer. And I would add to the rule of thumb that the cable MUST be *silver* plated braid, which much or most of RG214 brands and probably all of RG142 is composed of. Or, my favorite is 1/4" Superflex, solid copper shield. Laryn K8TVZ
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