The connectors they have on the coax on my skywarn antenna are on pretty well, I make sure not to put any strain on my connectors though. so that might make a difference.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ham Steve
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: coax question
Lol, the ends pulling off of coax with those god-awful crimp-on connectors.
If I ever see another crimp-on coax connector, it gets trashed.
I remember 30 years ago, after putting up my first tower with a tribander.
I was working a JA on 20 meters; all of a sudden, no signal. SWR sky-high.
Turns out that the loop at the top for my beam must've been a bit too small.
As I turned the antenna to peak the signal, out came the coax. Lesson #1:
Yagi antennas don't work very well when the driven element is fed
parasitically.
Had to climb the tower, take the stupid coax down and put a real non-Radio
Shack connector on it.
Steve, K8SP
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: coax question
>
> ...
> A lot of the coax fromHRO is fromCable X-perts. They have a lot of bad
> reviews on their pre-made cables on e-ham. Numerous claims of ends
> pulling off.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 7:17 PM
> Subject: coax question
>
>
>> Hi, all.
>>
>> Yesterday, I called Ham Radio Outlet, and ordered 2 25-foot runs of RG8X
>> coax with pl259's on the ends, and was shocked to learn that the price
>> per
>> run is $25.95. The guy from HRO said that coax has gone up trememdously
> in
>> price recently because of the greatly increased cost of copper.
> Hmmmmmmmm.
>> I went ahead and processed the order anyway, but now, I'm re-thinking
>> what
> I
>> did.
>>
>> Today, I called R and L Electronics, and can get 25-foot RG8X coax runs
> with
>> pl259's on the ends for $13.95 a piece--almost half the price of the HRO
>> stuff. The guy at R and L Electronics said that they have their coax
>> runs
>> specially made for them, but he couldn't tell me who makes them. He says
>> the coax has the name "Jet Stream" on the jacket.
>>
>> Does anyone know anything about this R and L coax?
>>
>> Any thoughts on why the HRO stuff might be so much more expensive?
>>
>> Maybe it's a quality issue, but I'm just not sure.
>>
>> I am ordering the coax runs for antenna feedlines for our travel trailer,
> so
>> it will have to withstand outdoor conditions.
>>
>> Thanks for any info or thoughts you can provide.
>>
>> Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
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