[TowerTalk] Low Loss 400, You get what you pay for

[Jim Brown]

On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:39:22 -0400, Steve Davis -Davis RF Co. wrote:

>You also mention that what you are referring to has "the same spec's 
>as LMR 400".  

Steve has given you excellent advice. Furthermore, there are MANY 
specifications for a good cable. Loss is only one of them. All of the 
physical construction details that Steve has discussed, and many more, 
are also important specifications. 

In most antenna systems, the cost of the coax is usually the smallest 
element of the total cost, but it's a very bad place to cut corners, 
because failure of the coax can render the antenna useless (and cause 
you to spend a lot of time and/or money to replace it). In the words of 
founding father Ben Franklin, "penny wise and pound foolish!" 

73,

Jim Brown K9YC