[TowerTalk] Unknown coax

[Curt Mills]

Yep, agree. We used to call RG-8x "mini-8". It was 50-ohm coax with
the outside jacket diameter about the same size as 75 ohm TV coax
(RG-59?), so we used adapters for RG-59 instead of RG-58 adapters for
the PL-259 connectors.

On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 12:01 PM Wes Attaway <wesattaway at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> I don't know what it is but sometimes on the web I have seen RG8x labeled as
> mini 8.
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>       Wes Attaway (N5WA)
>            Shreveport, LA
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> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Carol
> Richards
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 1:33 PM
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> Subject: [TowerTalk] Unknown coax
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> Hello all,
>
> I have started cleaning out the shed and found a large quantity of small
> coax with the marking   Lacue COMM mini 8. Is this RG8X or just regular RG
> 59. It seems to be thicker than the regular stuff.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Carol
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