Thanks for all the excellent comments on Belden 9913. I guess that I
made the "right" decision in getting the CQ FLEXI 4XL.
As one final question, has anyone on this thread used it directly to a
beam with a "rotor loop?" If so, did you have any problem with flexing?
73
Bernard, WA4OEJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tower (K8RI)" <tower@rogerhalstead.com>
To: "Bernard" <wtrone@comcast.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 8:30 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] TH11DX and Belden 9913
> At one time I used 9913 for everything. It only took one lightening
strike
> to blow off the waterproofing to change my mind. I replaced about 1200
> feet of it with LMR-400. I gave away and threw out a lot of 9913 that was
> still good.
>
>
> HyGain may be referring to straight 9913 instead of the flexible stuff.
The
> regular is not recommended to use for "rotor loops" as it will eventually
> fatigue and the center conductor does move around. OTOH some have had the
> stuff up for years.
>
> Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
> N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2)
> www.rogerhalstead.com
>
>
> I was looking at the instruction manual for the HyGain TH11DX and
> noticed that it said that Belden 9913 coax is NOT recommended as feedline.
> Anyone know why? I just bought some CQ FLEXI 4XL from the Wireman and I
> think that it is a variation of the Belden 9913.
>
> 73
>
> Bernard, WA4OEJ
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