[TowerTalk] Crappy LMR600

[cqtestk4xs at aol.com]

I ordered some of the Flex LMR 400 from Times back in the early 2000s for pigtails on all the side mounted rotating antennas....roughly 15 of them.  The Times flex is absolute garbage.  Almost all of the pigtails jackets started cracking after several years.  I spent many hours having to replace this garbage while making many trips up and down the towers to replace this manure of a cable.  I called them and was told they do NOT recommend that it be used outside.  WTF?

I have used Jefa-Tek regular LMR400 for all my flexible applications and have NEVER had a problem at several different stations.

Bill KH7XS/K4XS

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Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2017 08:52:37 -0400
From: "Mike Ryan" <mryan001 at tampabay.rr.com>
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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] coax advice
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Not sure what others have experienced while using LMR-600 but I was just on
my tower this weekend (in some insane heat) removing two runs of LMR-600.
This was the FLEXIBLE version that does not have the PE jacket. On my cable,
the jacket had begun falling off, especially in areas where it got wet or
damp regularly, and actually closer to the ground than in the air. But I
also have found that some other locals here had done the same
thing..disposing of this cable due to the same problem.  This was
Times-Microwave brand and not another brand. It was about 8 years old...your
results may differ.  - Mike

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