----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] OT - source of flooded coax?
> On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 01:48:38 -0600, Phil Clements wrote:
>
>>I buy mine by the 1000-foot spool from DX Engineering...great stuff!
>
> Yes. As I recall, it's a Commscope cable they're selling. About five years
> ago, I wanted to have RG6 in stock to rewire my home for FM and TV, and
> for other general uses. I bought 1,000 ft of a very good RG6 direct from
> Commscope for about $110. I never got around to rewiring the house, and
> brought that cable to CA with me when I moved here four years ago. It was
> quickly pressed into service for my Beverages. :) It's not flooded, but
> it's still working after nearly three years.
>
> Allowing for inflation and a reasonable markup, I'd say DXE's price is
> quite reasoanble, and Commscope makes great coax. They're a spin-off (more
> than a decade ago) from the breakup of one of the major telecoms.
>
> 73,
>
> Jim K9YC
Much more than a decade ago. I was evaluating their cable and writing it
into the Wangnet broadband installers spec document in the early 80's. Ive
no idea of their prior history but they were already a major player then.
Carl
KM1H
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