We have a 440 repeater on a mountaintop west of Phoenix.  Hardline is the
only thing that we are allowed to use up there.

I ordered a 75 foot run of Andrew 7/8th inch with a male DIN on one end, and
a female DIN on the other, and the price came to about $700.  For the 80
meter rotating dipole that I am preparing to install as an option to my
SteppIr DB36, I will use half inch Andrew as you probably couldn't even
measure the difference between half inch and 7/8th.  I have a good friend in
Colorado that feeds his antennas with inch and 5/8th Andrew hard line.  A
single DIN connector for that stuff is just shy of $200 each.

73


Alan R. Downing
Phoenix, AZ


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of John Miller
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 3:55 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: TS-990 Review

Oh, I know about the cost for hard line, 900 MHz that's all that works worth

anything and I have a repeater on the band with inch and 7/8 hard line. 
Luckily a good friend and I are partners in that project and he got a good 
deal on the hard line and connectors, I'd never afford it.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: TS-990 Review


>I can't speak for your friend of course, but I prefer to have every 
>possible
> advantage, including running 1500 watts.  Serious DX chasers even use feed
> lines and connectors that are extremely low loss.  Every link in the chain
> has to be strong.  I use 7/8th Andrew hard line and 7/16 DIN connectors 
> both
> are as low loss as I can get.  The wasting of a single DB is totally
> unacceptable.  And like everything else, it is very expensive.  A single
> male type N connector for 7/8th hard line cost about $50 apiece.  7/8th
> Andrew hard line costs about $5 per foot.  A single male 7/16 DIN 
> connector
> for LMR900DB, which I use for my six meter feed line, cost about $100.
> It all adds up.
>
> 73
>
>
> Alan R. Downing
> Phoenix, AZ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of John Miller
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2013 10:47 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: TS-990 Review
>
> I have a good friend who is up there on the DX worked list, either on or 
> one
>
> away form honor role and he never had those features.
>