I would be a little careful of LMR400U. My highly placed sources say that
that cable has had a lot of quality control troubles. If ou are going to
use it for phasing lines, be sure and check them electrically and dont rely
on the published velocity factor, even
amongst the same batch. (This has nothing to do with LMR400, which
apparently does not carry the same concerns).
73, Tyler K3MM
00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu on 08/08/97 10:31:15 AM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
cc: (bcc: Tyler G Stewart/BENN/CEC)
Subject: [TowerTalk] LMR400U plugola
I took advantage of the LMR400U offer from Texas Towers and was very happy
to find that the LMR400U has an unadvertized feature. It has markings
printed on the jacket every two feet indicating the length: ie, 123456,
123458, 123460, etc! This makes it very easy to cut several runs of coax
to the same length (for phasing lines or just to reach the antenna!). I
don't know if all the LMR cable features this (I know some CATV stuff does)
but I do know that none of the RG213 I've ever bought has the lengths
printed on it.
After cutting the coax to length using the markings, I used the W0UN PL259
course to put connectors on. This reflector is great!
Terry Zivney, N4TZ/9
00tlzivney@bsuvc.bsu.edu
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