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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