Can someone provide a comparison between LMR-400 and the equivalent cables from CommScope and Belden? Thanks and 73, Allen Ross Brier, N5XZ SET BriTech Systems Incorporated NICET Fire Alarm Level IV
Study their data sheets. They re all on the internet! Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contest
Commscope is a bit less expensive, at least via The RF Connection. I'm very happy with the CommScope LMR 400 equivalent performance. I have not researched nor tried the Belden LMR400 equivalent. 73 b
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 16:29:13 -0400
I looked for an LMR-600 equivalent and didn't find one. Is there such an animal? Fortunately a kind soul gave me 200 feet of 5/8" Heliax which will work just fine for either 6 or 2-meters. Now I need
Check out CommScope WBC 600 and Andrew CNT-600. The Andrew is a direct substitute, the CommScope is a bit different. Watch the power rating--CommScope is only 10.4 kW while the others are 40 kW!--Mik
Author: Robert Chudek - KØRC <k0rc@citlink.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 22:39:14 -0500
What??? Only 10.4 kW??? Dang! That rules out the CommScope cable for me, except for my mobile installation I guess... 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 3
Yeah, I'd have to go out in the garage and turn the secondary amp down a bit. Tom W7WHY What??? Only 10.4 kW??? Dang! That rules out the CommScope cable for me, except for my mobile installation I gu
What I'm really looking for are y'all's experience with these cables, with respect to ease of use, bending radius, connectors, water ingress, etc. I have an offer to get 800 ft of LMR-400 equiv. Comm
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 00:05:02 -0400
Compromises, compromises...Go with cheap coax and you save money but have to reduce the power. Well, maybe you could use it in the UHF driver circuits. I haven't spent a lot of time on the sites, but