[TowerTalk] Identify old hard line

Jim W7RY jimw7ry at gmail.com
Tue Oct 22 12:14:26 EDT 2024


You'll have to post some pictures of it and send the link to the 
pictures to the list.

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Jim W7RY


On 10/22/2024 10:50 AM, Art Greenberg wrote:
> Please help me identify a length of hard line. I'm certain it is 50 
> ohm. It was originally purchased from Phelps-Dodge in NJ for a UHF 
> repeater along with a duplexer and base station antenna. My memory of 
> the dates isn't great, but I think it was around 1980, plus or minus a 
> few years.
>
> Measurements, approximate:
>
> foam dielectric
> center conductor solid copper, od 0.175
> shield corrugated spiral copper, od 0.540
> jacket od 0.640
>
> I'd like to know if connectors are still available for this cable. It 
> has a male Type N on each end, but there is a fair amount of corrosion 
> present and any soft goods that were part of those connectors (seals, 
> o-rings) are no longer useful.
>
> Thanks.
>

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Thanks and 73, Jim W7RY



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