[TowerTalk] LMR-900

[George]

UF is probably not the ideal cable for most outdoor uses. The jacket on 
all of the UF (Ultraflex) Times cables does not withstand UV as well as 
the non-UF cables. Any sun-exposed use is likely a tradeoff between need 
for flexibility and ultimate cable life.

73,

geo - n4ua

Jim Thomson wrote:

> 
> ##  TOO bad, cuz it would be a superb cable.  The UF  versions
> are super flexible,and much easier to install.  I use 1200-DB,
> and it's  no fun to install it !   900-DB is just as bad. 
> 
> ##  900-UF  would be an ideal cable, for going up the side of a 
> crank up. Lower loss than 600-UF.   They missed the boat on this one.
> They should have made it avaialable,  even if it meant fewer 
> productions runs  per year.  There is still a market for it. 
> 
> ## a lot of folks would use 900-UF  vs 1200-DB... simply based 
> on faster/easier install in a  lot of  commercial /ham applications....
>  even though 1200-DB has lower loss. 
> 
> Later.... Jim   VE7RF   
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
> Cables sized from LMR600 and lower are available in the standard or the "U" 
>  version. The U designator implies a stranded center conductor allowing 
> more  flexibility as well as repeated flexing as in a rotor loop or crank up 
> tower  service.
>  
> It is extremely unusual to see an amateur installation using a size larger  
> than LMR600.
>  
> 73,
> Gerald K5GW
> retired GM/TexasTowers
> (an authorized Times Microwave Distributor)
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