Author: "Steve Davis -Davis RF Co." <sdavis@davisrf.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:29:57 -0400
Hi Dave, Assuming that you likely don't have a commercial code applicable requiring conduit, I would direct bury in sand. LMR 1700 has a good grade of PE outer jacket which is direct bury (note: some
Author: "Steve Davis -Davis RF Co." <sdavis@davisrf.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:59:26 -0400
This also reflects on Jack Brindle's astute comment Hi John, The min bend radius of Bury-Flex Tm is 2 inches. I have sent you a copy of the full spec via separate email. Just to avoid any possible co
Author: "Steve Davis -Davis RF Co." <sdavis@davisrf.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:24:03 -0400
My apologies to all for the reposting of the entire digest !! Haven't done that before...must be losing it ! 73, Steve K1PEK DAVIS RF Co. Div. of Orion Wire Co. Wire, Cable, RF Connectors and wire ae
Author: "Steve Davis -Davis RF Co." <sdavis@davisrf.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 11:06:36 -0400
Hi Randy, The Silky 16 awg, 19 stranded 40% CCS is a very good quad wire. The 19 stranding, and overall # 16 awg, allows for enough flexing for a quad as well as a lot of strength. To be safe, wherev
Author: "Steve Davis -Davis RF Co." <sdavis@davisrf.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:37:30 -0400
Richards, amazing......I'd "push"it one step further, " but you said 55 ft tower, I didn't see anything about mast restriction !!" HI, Steve K1PEK _______________________________________________ ____
Author: "Steve Davis -Davis RF Co." <sdavis@davisrf.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:25:10 -0400
Hi Folks, The RFA-4087, as Larry points out, is a real good stripper. Sold for $ 48 or more elsewhere (above the mfr. suggested list), we sell it for $ 36.00, below mfr. sug. list). We also have crim
Author: "Steve Davis -Davis RF Co." <sdavis@davisrf.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:54:17 -0400
Jim, ur welcome, and quite candidly, all that we have to sell is not on the web site, yet. We're working on it, and it will be a while. Tnx, Steve K1PEK DAVIS RF Co., Div. of Orion Wire Co. Wire, Cab
Author: "Steve Davis -Davis RF Co." <sdavis@davisrf.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:01:25 -0400
Barrie, Roger, et al, I will look into the LMR 600 stripper. I'm pretty sure that we have supplied that in past. Ref FREE stripper from Times..... Barrie, I suspect you were VERY LUCKY, and consideri
Author: "Steve Davis -Davis RF Co." <sdavis@davisrf.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:36:53 -0400
Tnx Roger........ Dave, one other reason Bury-Flex Tm will work nicely on crank ups is that the outer jacket (polyeth.) is denser than typically used PVC jackets (used on RG 8, 213, 214, many others)
Author: "Steve Davis -Davis RF Co." <sdavis@davisrf.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:11:09 -0400
<I gave up on the Ultra flex (UF) after seen what it looked like after just 6 years out in the weather here in Central Michigan. The jacket on every pigtail was split leaving the braid/shield open to
Author: "Steve Davis -Davis RF Co." <sdavis@davisrf.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:01:01 -0400
Alfredo, If you can find out the mfr. name and part #, I will source a distrib for you and likely I can get a free sample. What length do you need?? Also, curious what camera you used??, nice image.
Author: "Steve Davis -Davis RF Co." <sdavis@davisrf.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:31:55 -0500
I agree with K9YC and K1TTT remarks, with a slight derivation. My love for the 4 sqr. perhaps influences some bloviating of the subject. First, conditions in general, converging paths and angles whic
Author: "Steve Davis -Davis RF Co." <sdavis@davisrf.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 01:26:25 -0500
Mark, Ctr. conductor size for 9913 and 9913F7 is .108", so spec'g the .116 die makes sense. however, my crimper source indicates that their .128" is the one to use for 9913. This may not be as odd as
Author: "Steve Davis -Davis RF Co." <sdavis@davisrf.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 18:58:22 -0500
Mark, One of my affiliates that does cable assembly/terminations indicates that the .128 is not a good die to use, unless you tin the ctr conductor and find it to be a tight fit after crimping. They
Author: "Steve Davis -Davis RF Co." <sdavis@davisrf.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 23:01:02 -0500
Hi Roger, The ctr. cond. on LMR 400 (solid) and 400 UF (strnd'd) are both .108; however, cutting the ctr cond of the stranded 400 UF , AFTER removing the dielectric will expand the OD....and sometime
Author: "Steve Davis -Davis RF Co." <sdavis@davisrf.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 16:13:36 -0500
Hi Mark, If you have made your clean cut of the dielectric, then try pulling off the dielectric straight in line with the plane of the center conductor, but twist it as you are pulling it off, the tw
Author: "Steve Davis -Davis RF Co." <sdavis@davisrf.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:34:57 -0500
Hi, We have some Kevlar rope, Dacron (UV Resistant) over Kevlar , 3200 lb. break test per factory . We used this for structural members of a commercial antenna we built to spec for a company. The cur
Author: "Steve Davis -Davis RF Co." <sdavis@davisrf.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:32:25 -0500
Hi, I had a quick response to this and the Kevlar rope is no longer available. Sorry. 73, Steve K1PEK _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ T
Author: "Steve Davis -Davis RF Co." <sdavis@davisrf.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:21:01 -0500
Year end closeout: Two conductor # 28. bonded PVC jacket, sometimes ref'd to as "zip cord". Possible applications: beverage ( can double it up by twisting conductors at each end together, or double t