[TowerTalk] Fwd: F-connectors

[Gedas]

Well between the RG-6 & RG-11 you know which coax will have lower loss.  
And unless you collected trusted data 20 years ago on the old RG-6 you 
really will not know if you just had crappy coax and connectors from the 
start or if something changed over the years.

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On 3/14/2019 6:56 PM, tony.kaz--- via TowerTalk wrote:
> 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
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> From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Paul Christensen
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>> 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.
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> Paul, W9AC
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