john@kk9a.com wrote:
> Jim, you must have misread my post. I was looking for a place to buy a
> small quantity of Belden 8267, not for someone to buy it for me. I had
> spend considerable time searching for the coax prior to my initial post and
> found a couple of places selling by the foot, but were out of stock and a
> lot of places selling 500 ft and 1000 ft rolls. Shortly after my towertalk
> post, K8RI posted that in his Google search he found a number of places
> selling it in 100ft and 200ft pieces. After K8RI's post, I search even more
> and I still didn't find what I was looking for. So I asked him for some
> examples of the places he found since I did not have the search success that
> he apparently had and I have yet to receive a response.
Sorry John, I didn't see that reply. I'm having a devil of a time with
mail to all of the reflectors to which I subscribe turning up as false
positives at my ISP, but as I'm the only one complaining I'm not getting
much satisfaction. If I can remember what I used for a search string,
I'll take another look.
> AES used to sell it
> by the foot and also in 100' rolls and they told me today that it was
> Belden's decision for them to no longer sell this product. I am not really
> sure what this meant. So, I ordered it from a place that was out of stock
> and they are supposed to fill my order early next month.
>
That's not surprising as the demand for it is so small.
I believe Texas Towers is carrying a custom copy of 8267 and "I think"
it is US made
73
Roger (K8RI)
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