When I built my radio station in 2000, it so happened that the local cable
company was replacing all the hardline in town. I went to the manager and he
told me I could go to the yard and have anything I wanted - 600 feet or less
(the new stuff). I made a bunch of trips back and forth and got 1
I don't know about anyone else's cable company, but when the prices of
scrap metal went up a few years ago Comcast emptied out their local
scrap yard. Actually, I'm just supposing that's the reason. I got a lot
of good stuff there while they were willing to let it go.
73, Pete N4ZR
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mission to clean up there Stump Strand 1/4 EHS with most
stumps below 120' worked for me :)
as I broke my guys with insulators ,
> Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:32:12 -0700
> From: rayn...@cableone.net
> To: g...@ka1j.com
> CC: topband@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband:
Have you tried the actual cable companies? My local Cableone cable service
gave me a spool with about 800 ft on it. At the time, they had probably 6 -
8 spools with odds lengths in their yard, so giving one away was no big
deal.
Sometimes a case of beer helps make a deal!
Ray,
N6VR
Chino Valley
I've asked the local cable installers if they have any extra hardline
& no cigar. I need around 400' of it so Andrews is out of the
question. I'd like the 50 ohm line but will probably have to settle
for aluminum jacketed 75 ohm line.
Any suggestions where else I might look to find something u
