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Re: [BULK] - RE: [TowerTalk] RG-11 Source?

To: "Steve Katz" <stevek@jmr.com>, <w2lk@earthlink.net>,"TowerTalk" <TowerTalk@contesting.com>,"Jim Lux" <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [BULK] - RE: [TowerTalk] RG-11 Source?
From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Tom Rauch <w8ji@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 14:44:10 -0500
List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
> I'd stick with RG6 Quad or 1/2" 75 Ohm TV hardline, which
is pretty much all
> the cable companies use.

Not anyplace I've worked or lived!

The 1/2" aluminum TV hardline is cheaper than
> mil-spec RG11/U and has much better characteristics at
VHF-UHF.

No one would use RG-11. The cable is normally solid
dielectric, and it is normally stranded. The stranded center
and solid dielectic are the main problems. You can't even
get good cheap F connectors for RG-11.

CATV systems use F11 style cables. It has a solid center,
foam dielectric, and a large variety of reliable CATV
fittings.

73 Tom

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