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Re: [TowerTalk] Skinny QRO coax jumpers for station interconnection

To: "N2TK, Tony" <tony.kaz@verizon.net>, towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Skinny QRO coax jumpers for station interconnection
From: Gedas <w8bya@mchsi.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 14:28:48 -0400
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Hi Tony. Harbour Industries is a HUGE leader in the world of high-temp, quality Teflon cables and wires etc. They are the ones who make my RG-142. I personally would stay away from buying cables and assemblies from Asia _unless_ you knew exactly who you were dealing with and had some assurance of the quality cables you would be getting from them. Several people here have suggested a couple real good USA sources and I would look into them if I were you. I just make my own here but that is because I have plenty of cable around.

Gedas, W8BYA

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On 3/16/2018 2:20 PM, N2TK, Tony wrote:
Gedas,
Tnx for the info.
Looking on eBay I see several listings for RG400 from China. I had heard 
Harbour Industries in VT makes a high quality cable. Not sure about the stiff 
from China.,
N2TK, Tony

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Gedas
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 2:13 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Skinny QRO coax jumpers for station interconnection

RG-303 is a good cable but not as good as RG-400 or RG-142 because it uses only 
a single shield.  Also, I would still use RG-400 over RG-213 because it meets 
his desire for a small O.D. cable and because he is using it for switching 
filters etc where the higher shielding effectiveness of the RG-400 is desirable 
and will offer better immunity to cross talk etc.

Plus, with a Teflon based coax you never have to worry about the center conductor 
migrating from center, even under QRO and extreme heat and tight bends.  I was 
biased when I posted using RG-142 because I was lucky enough to find a 1000' roll 
of it and have been using it for jumpers for years & years. But RG-400 is more 
flexible and of the same high quality as 142.

It used to be that RG-213 meant an upgraded quality version of a cable like RG-8 
(solid dielectric & VF = 0.66) but with two copper braids vs.
one. RG-214 was the same as RG-213 but used a silver coated copper center conductor 
and dual silver coated copper braids for even higher performance and better S.E.  
For MIL applications we used lots of RG-223, RG-142, RG-400, RG-214, and of course 
tons of semi-rigid. I was very, very lucky when I was able to purchase five 
left-over 1000' rolls of new RG-214 for, you don't want to know, and have enjoyed 
giving most of it away to friends & family.

Gedas, W8BYA

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Light travels faster than sound....
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On 3/16/2018 1:33 PM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
I see no mention of RG 303 and wonder if that's been discontinued.

for jumpers I'd use 213.  If you need a tighter bend radius I'd
re-arrange or re-locate the connection points instead of using skinny
silver coax.

Rob
K5UJ
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