[TowerTalk] Re: JEFA Tech Cable - Direct from the company

[Jim Lux]

Outstanding.. and they even responding over the weekend.. I am impressed..

I would caution on a few issues, not that they're relevant to Jefetech.
ISO9001 doesn't mean that a product is of good quality, just that it's
consistent. ISO 9001 means that an organization:
a) has procedures for what they do
b) follows those procedures
c) has documentation (artifacts is the "term of art") to show that they did
"b" in accordance with "a"

What ISO 9001 means, in practice, is that if you test a piece of coax today,
that the piece of coax you buy tomorrow (or next month, or next year) is
probably made the same way (assuming that their procedures require
consistency...)  ISO9001 means absolutely nothing if you don't look at the
processes...The process could be simply: "Make Coaxial Cable" or it could be
quite complete, "Procure raw materials to specification XYZ, set machine to
setting ABCD, etc."

Presumably, also, Jefetech would be happy to supply a certificate of
compliance with their coax. In practice, I doubt anyone has ever used such a
thing to go hammer on a manufacturer after the fact, but, the mere fact that
they've got that piece of paper means that they've made the recognition
that, in fact, they DO have to stand behind the specs.

Again, I'm impressed...

----- Original Message -----
From: "WD0M" <wd0m at centurytel.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>; <ajfarmer at jefatech.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 8:39 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Re: JEFA Tech Cable - Direct from the company


> Gentlemen,  when in doubt, ask the company directly, rather than
> "assume"....I did, and here's their response:
>
> *************
> From: "A.J. Farmer \(JEFA Tech\)" <ajfarmer at jefatech.com>
> To: <WD0M at centurytel.net>
> Subject: RE: FEEDBACK: LMR 400 Coax
>
> Hi Joe,
>
> This cable has been manufactured to our specifications by Remee.  Remee is
> a ISO 9001 certified cable manufacturing company located in New York.  Our
> coax is 100% made in the USA.  We have extensive experience with Times
> LMR400 coax and have tested this cable to ensure that it meets or exceeds
> the same specs.  We have sold over 100,000 feet of this cable with no
> complaints as to quality.  Some have even told us they like it better than
> Times cable.  If anyone in the discussion group would like a sample of the
> cable, I would be happy to send them some free samples.
>
> As you know from using our cable, it is high quality coax.  Sometimes it
is
> hard to get past the "name brand" syndrome.  If you aren't a Belden or a
> Times Microwave, people are suspicious I guess.
>
> There are generic standards for coax cable which gives guidelines for the
> diameter of the center conductor and overall diameter of the cable. This
is
> really for the sake of connector compatibility so you can buy a connector
> for RG-8 cable and know that it will fit on any manufacturer's RG-8
> coax.  Beyond that, it is a matter of the type and quality of the
materials
> that are used and the manufacturing process in order to get the correct
> impedance, velocity factor and low loss figures.
>
> Please feel free to copy and/or forward any of my remarks to the group. If
> you don't mind giving out the URL of the discussion, I would be happy to
> participate and clear up any untrue rumors about our cable if there is
> any.  I appreciate you making me aware of the discussion and helping out.
>
> Thanks!
>
> A.J. Farmer, AJ3U
> JEFA Tech
> http://www.jefatech.com
>
> ***************
>
> 73,
> Joe
> WD0M
>
>
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