[Towertalk] Obssessive-compulsive Anal Paranoid Builds Over-e ngineered Roof-top Guy Anchors

[Jim Smith]

No, I'm not taking the LMR 400 to the beams.  It will run between the Al 
plate with all the barrel connectors in the shack wall (an inside wall) 
and the Al plate with all the barrel connectors on the roof.  i.e. once 
in place it won't get moved around.  I'll run something else from there 
to the rigs and antennas.  213 I guess.  Sure do like the flexibility 
that those bulkhead termination plates provide.

Why LMR 400?

LMR 400 has lower loss than 213.  Also, it's shielding is rated at > 90dB.

213 is > 1C$/ft.  400 is 0.89$C per ft FOB local distributor's 
warehouse.  I know those prices are skewed compared to US but this is 
where I live.

Why compare to 213 and not something else?  Doesn't appear to be 
anything else comparable available locally.

73 de Jim    VE7FO


Steve Katz wrote:

>Wow, what a writeup.
>
>I guess my only question would be, "Why are you using LMR400?"  Are you,
>ummm, going to rotate that stuff?
>
>>From the "been there, done that school of hard knocks:" I wouldn't.
>
>-WB2WIK/6
>
>"If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough." -
>Mario Andretti
>