[TowerTalk] Matched "Bury Flex" cables

[Jim Lux]

At 09:36 PM 7/14/2005, Al Toothaker wrote:

> > However, the stable foamed, low loss stuff is wretchedly expensive, and I
> > can't imagine a ham using it unless they happened on a spool of the stuff
> > surplus.
> >
> > Jim, W6RMK
>
>I would add that the Gore types have a very 'air-filled' Teflon tape
>dielectric that is very soft.  It is so hard to keep coaxial that most of
>the good stuff requires armor to keep it working well.  A cable of one meter
>can run over $500!

More like $5000.. at least for a pair of 1 meter test port cables, and 
that's if you get the inexpensive Megaphase stuff.



>One squeeze or tight bend and that's it!  There are other
>Teflon tape dielectrics that are very dense by comparison and more difficult
>to damage with typical ham handling.  Not phase stable, though.  And, big
>bucks but less than the phase stable types.
>Al, N6TA
>