[TowerTalk] Fwd: F-connectors

[tony.kaz at verizon.net]

I am now curious. I assume a good test would be to measure the loss of my 20+ year old 1/4 wave RG6 feedlines for my 80M 4-sq on 3.5 and then make up an RG11 1/4 wave and see how the loss compares. Will do that over the next couple of weeks.
73
N2TK, Tony

-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Paul Christensen
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2019 1:46 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: F-connectors

> Important: Most RG-6/RG-11 is copper clad steel (CCS). Make sure you DON'T nick or cut the thin copper layer when prepping for connectors or you'll be transmitting through steel coax..."

It doesn’t take much of a nick either to later find a build-up of rust particles when opening up an unsealed F connector.  For the last two years, I've been purchasing 1,000 ft rolls of Belden 1829BC from Markertek.   Price is approx. USD $150 per roll.  It's gel-flooded RG6 with a solid copper inner conductor and works well with old and new SNS compression connectors like the new PPC EX6XLSPlus I mentioned earlier.  A solid copper inner has the added advantage of lower voltage drop when used in DC power-passing applications on extended runs.  

Paul, W9AC 


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