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Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: F-connectors

To: "'Paul Christensen'" <w9ac@arrl.net>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: F-connectors
From: "tony.kaz--- via TowerTalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Reply-to: tony.kaz@verizon.net
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 18:56:35 -0400
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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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