I am now curious. I assume a good test would be to measure the loss of my 20+
year old 1/4 wave RG6 feedlines for my 80M 4-sq on 3.5 and then make up an RG11
1/4 wave and see how the loss compares. Will do that over the next couple of
weeks.
73
N2TK, Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Paul Christensen
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2019 1:46 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: F-connectors
> Important: Most RG-6/RG-11 is copper clad steel (CCS). Make sure you DON'T
> nick or cut the thin copper layer when prepping for connectors or you'll be
> transmitting through steel coax..."
It doesn’t take much of a nick either to later find a build-up of rust
particles when opening up an unsealed F connector. For the last two years,
I've been purchasing 1,000 ft rolls of Belden 1829BC from Markertek. Price is
approx. USD $150 per roll. It's gel-flooded RG6 with a solid copper inner
conductor and works well with old and new SNS compression connectors like the
new PPC EX6XLSPlus I mentioned earlier. A solid copper inner has the added
advantage of lower voltage drop when used in DC power-passing applications on
extended runs.
Paul, W9AC
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