[BULK] - [TowerTalk] Re: JEFA Tech Cable - Direct from the co mpany

[Steve Katz]

As an aside, I've used Remee Products coaxial cables for many years and have
had no more nor no less trouble with them than anything from Belden, Times,
et al.  Remee either acquired or merged with (I think acquired)
International Electronics Wire & Cable Co. in the Chicago area a few years
back, and prior to that, I used many miles of IEWC low-loss coaxial cable,
also.  IEWC came out with stranded conductor, very flexible low-loss .405"
diameter coax having a Type II jacket long before anyone else did, or before
anyone else cared to offer it to the amateur market.  That was IEWC type
9096-2A, which was available to me in 1989 -- years before Belden or Times
had anything like it.  As for "reverse engineering," there is so little to
engineer, that I'm sure nobody cares.  The materials available for use as
dielectrics and jackets, and the conductors available for use are so limited
(a small handful) for these applications that everyone in the world is using
exactly the same stuff.  The differentiators are manufacturing processes and
quality control.  You can't reverse engineer those.  -WB2WIK/6

"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure with no loss of
enthusiasm." -Winston Churchill

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	WD0M [SMTP:wd0m at centurytel.net]
> Sent:	Sunday, December 21, 2003 8:39 PM
> To:	towertalk at contesting.com; ajfarmer at jefatech.com
> Subject:	[BULK] - [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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