On Wed, 30 Jun 2010, NORM KNAPP wrote: > It is decent stuff but it has a silver covered copper clad steel (yes > steel, test it with a magnet) center conductor. If you don't > immobilize it after installation, you run risk of noise (and other > problems) when the steel core breaks from metal fatigue. If it is > free, great! Get all you can. Better to use (imho) RG400 or RG223u. > (If you got to stay small). Connectors for RG58 are usually suitable, > but in some cases specific RG 142 connectors are required. 73 Norm
I second what he said. I'm in the process of trying to replace my RG-142 jumpers with RG-400. Also, RG-142, while well shielded, does have appreciable loss per foot at the higher frequencies. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR Disinformation Analyst
