Well, Steve, I guess a lot of this boils down to taking your chances.
It will be interesting to see what the HRO coax is like once I get it.
Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- 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
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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