[TowerTalk] Fwd: Old Hardline

[Michael Clarson]

Has anyone checked out Trilogy Cable? It is like catv Hardline, but 50 ohm.
Water migration is a non issue, cheaper than copper and tough as hell. The
Al outer conductor is pretty thick. As a bonus, it is made in USA.

On Thu, Nov 14, 2019, 13:58 Steve Maki <lists at oakcom.org> wrote:

> LDF4 is the same as it always was.
>
> It's the larger sizes where they are using a thinner shield. AVA5 took
> the place of LDF5, AVA7 is the new 1-5/8", etc.
>
> AVA cable has lower loss, but you can't drive a car over it like you can
> LDF cable.
>
> Still it's not THAT fragile - we've installed many thousands of feet on
> cell towers and never had a problem.
>
> OTOH RFS is still making the robust cable, and at a very good price, so
> if you're buying new, it's a no brainer.
>
> -Steve K8LX
>
> On 11/14/2019 10:48 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
>
> > The feedback I get from industry now is that the Andrew (Commscope)
> > line is no longer of the quality it once was.  The shield is thinner
> > and more fragile.  The RFS Cellflex line is found to be better, like
> > the old Heliax.  I have no first hand experience though because my
> > supply of old LDF4-50 and LDF4-75 are not yet used up.
> >
> > 73
> > Rob
> > K5UJ
>
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