[TheList] Co-axial cable?

Fri Sep 10 18:12:59 AEST 2010

Rg213U coax is OK but you could do better particularly if you are going to
be listening to UHF channels also.

LMR400 is about half the loss of RG213.  It is a bit more expensive but you
sound like you don't  need a lot and once you have bought it,  it will last
for years.

One slight problem is that you need the proper connectors for it,   a lot of
people can find RG213 connectors from various sources ( DSE - Jaycar) but
they won't fit LMR400.

You can buy it from someone on Trademe.

Denis

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[mailto:thelist-bounces at radiowiki.org.nz] On Behalf Of Mike Trump
Sent: Friday, 10 September 2010 8:44 a.m.
To: thelist at radiowiki.org.nz
Subject: [TheList] Co-axial cable?

Hi there guys,
Now that the weather is due to be warming up soon, I'd like to replace the
co-ax cables on my aerials with some RG-213, as they 
were originally run in RG-58C/U as a temporary measure (just to get the
radio gear going again) when I moved in here about 5 years ago, I just never
got around to
upgrading the co-ax due to lack of spare time.
The runs aren't particularly long, probably about 20m each, but if I'm going
to be replacing any cables, I'd like to install a better
"guage" of cable.

My question is, where does one buy this cable these days, I realise that it
pops up on TradeMe every now and then, but you never really know what
condition it's in even though it is listed as new cable.

Any ideas?

Cheers,
Mike T.

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