Maybe in your installation after 7 years the flexible cable looks that is not
so flexible
bad luck, let us know what TIMES answer
i have flexible in use in 2 towers and i will check for that, but i just use a
pieces betewn antenna and hardline , just to pass the rotor turning action.
On 04 Nov 2005 10:16 PST you wrote:
> Well, this is getting old. I am in the process of replacing my fix or sixth
> jumper made of LMR400 flexible. It has failed on three different towers.
> NEVER will I use this stuff again. IT IS GARBAGE.
>
> The black jacket on most of the failures has turned slightly gooey, and
> cracked, allowing moisture to ruin the rest of the line. The part that
> cracked was
> not even under any movement. It was simply taped to the boom, and where
> exposed it cracked.
>
> I have had no problems with the regular LMR400 or any of the other coax I
> have used.
>
> The stuff was installed in 1998 and looks like cheap coax installed in the
> 60s.
>
> I'm going to call Times and see what kind of reaction I get.
>
> Bill K4XS
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