Very interesting, Lou.

That's what I'm thinking, but the sticker shock from the Ham Radio Outlet
price is still bothering me.  HI!  HI!

Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: coax question


> Hi Tom.
>
> I have no experience with this particular brand of coax, but I will relate
> an experience from a few years ago.  When I was in the Buffalo area in the
> 1980's, I bought some inexpenxive 8x coax from a local ham dealer for 19
> cents a foot.  It turned out that the stuff was inexpensive because the
> jacket was made of a material that would not withstand our harsh western
> New York winters, and after a year or two, the jacket started to split and
> the coax was garbage in nothing flat.  It actually made Radio Shack coax
> look good.  Sometimes you get what you pay for.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 07:17 PM 5/2/2006 -0400, you wrote:
> >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
>
> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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