[TowerTalk] re coax jumpers help

[W3YY]

Sounds like a good business opportunity for you.  Why don't you manufacture 
and sell them for $10 each?  You'll quickly capture the market from these 
"overpriced" guys, who obviously actually expect to make a profit on their 
materials and labor.


---Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj at hotmail.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 5:15 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] re coax jumpers help


> hi Tommy,
>
> I checked the cablexperts price and they now want $23 for one 3 foot 213
> jumper with the uhf males on the ends!  ouch, what are the raw materials
> costing, around $7?--that's a nice profit.  I know dx engineering is also
> way over priced.   you asked about vendors--I would call Tower Electronics
> in Green Bay Wisc. at 1-800-662-3422 and ask them--they do not have 
> jumpers
> in their online catalog, but they have them for sale at hamfests and I 
> have
> bought their 8X jumpers before and they were well done.  I think they have
> 213 jumpers also.  However, if it is possible for you to do it, I would 
> get
> about 35 or 40 silver plated males, and the necessary length of belden 213
> with extra added for errors, and make them up.  If ur rusty, after messing
> up the first 3 or 4 you'll get the hang of it and it will become a 
> process.
> fix up a couple a day and you'll have 15 in about a week.  if you use 213
> for all of them they'll all be interchangeable, handle all ur power, and 
> 213
> is the easiest to solder on to and you won't need the 8X or 58U adapters.
>   Get a pair of Kline coax cutters, xacto knife, silver rosin solder, 
> small
> hand torch, vise to hold the cable with, pair of pliars, steel brush, and
> ohm meter to check for shorts/continuity and you'll be all set.
>
> rob / k5uj
>
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