Tom,

I've been happy over the years  with coax I get from the Wireman at:

www.thewireman.com

He has several grades of 8x from around 22 to 34  cents per foot.  At least
1 marine grade 8x.  If I remember it's 4 or 5 bucks to supply and install
each  silver teflon pl-259.

Your R and L price may be a good deal, but  without knowing  where the  coax
came from or who put it together it's a pig in a poke.

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
>
>
>
>