[TowerTalk] RFC400

[Kurt Cathcart, KR2C]

Here is a link to the spec sheet for the cable.
http://www.shireeninc.com/images/cables/coaxcable-sheet.pdf

It appears to me like it's the same as the Times product and the vendor 
tells me it is made in the same factory.  I know it's all just numbers 
on paper so I'm looking to see if anybody has any experience with it.

-Kurt
KR2C


On 2/25/2010 9:05 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:34:15 -0500, Kurt Cathcart, KR2C wrote:
>
>    
>> Does anybody have any opinions on RFC400.  It's touted as an equivalent to
>> LMR400.
>>      
> Touted is the right word.
>
> Who makes the cable? What are its published specifications? At a minimum,
> you should be able to find the following information on the website of the
> mfr, the mfr should be clearly identified, AND printed on the cable. The
> REAL cable mfrs --  Belden, Commscope, Andrew, and Times (LMR) publish this
> all of this info on their websites.
>
> Construction of center conductor (i.e., diameter, material,
> solid or stranded, CCS or copper coated Al)
>
> Construction of shield (i.e., copper braid, tinned copper braid,
> copper plus Al, etc.)
>
> DC resistance of center conductor
>
> DC resistance of shield
>
> Dielectric material
>
> Jacket material
>
> Impedance
>
> Velocity factor
>
> Capacitance
>
> Attenuation at 1 MHz, 10 MHz, 30 MHZ, 50 MHz
>
> Weight
>
> 73,
>
> Jim Brown K9YC
>
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