Excellent point! I purchased a small roll of Harbour RG400 and I use that for all of my jumpers. John KK9A Jim W7RY wrote: Agreed. RG-400 works well to. The only difference between RG-142 and RG-400, is that RG-400 has a stranded center conductor. RG-142 has a silver plated solid hard drawn copper center conductor. 73, Jim W7RY