[TowerTalk] Jumper Cable Fabricator

[john at kk9a.com]

Premade cables are quite expensive compared to homebrew so you have  
carefully evaluate your skill level and the value of your time.  For  
example a 6' RG400 premade PL-259 jumper is over $60. If you shop for  
surplus RG400 and purchase quality Amphenol connectors you could  
probably build this same jumper for $25.

John KK9A


Jim Brown K9YC wrote:


Why? If diameter, RG400 or RG142 is a far better choice, because the
double silver-coated copper braid provides MUCH superior shielding. Much
of the cost of cable fab is labor; use of the better coax increases cost
some.

DX Eng sells RG400 jumpers. Last summer, I bought three custom jumpers
with different connectors on the ends for my lab setup. I don't recall
where I bought them.

73, Jim K9YC