[TowerTalk] LMR 400

[J. Hector Garcia XE2K]

Maybe in your installation after 7 years  the flexible cable looks that is not so flexible 
bad luck, let us know what TIMES answer

i have flexible in use in 2 towers and  i will check for that, but i just use a pieces betewn antenna and hardline , just to pass the rotor turning action.

On 04 Nov 2005 10:16 PST you wrote:

> Well, this is getting old.  I am in the process of replacing my fix or sixth 
> jumper made of LMR400 flexible.  It has failed on three different towers.  
> NEVER will I use this stuff again.  IT IS GARBAGE.
> 
> The black jacket on most of the failures has turned slightly gooey, and 
> cracked, allowing moisture to ruin the rest of the line.  The part that cracked was 
> not even under any movement.  It was simply taped to the boom, and where 
> exposed it cracked.
> 
> I have had no problems with the regular LMR400 or any of the other coax I 
> have used. 
> 
> The stuff was installed in 1998 and looks like cheap coax installed in the 
> 60s.
> 
> I'm going to call Times and see what kind of reaction I get.
> 
> Bill K4XS
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