> -----Original Message----- > From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Repeater- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff DePolo > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 11:21 AM > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Revisiting Shorted 1/2-wave Traps > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Plack > > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 6:22 PM > > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Revisiting Shorted 1/2-wave Traps > > > > > Paul, > > > > > > Curious who makes the RG-8M you have. > > > > Jeff, the cable is Tandy. In the '80's, the Tandy Wire & > > Cable RG-8M was much better than their own full-sized RG-8, > > and they'd sell you 20' off the roll at the store. I used it > > in many mobile installations when there wasn't time to > > mail-order something better. This was a junkbox scrap with a > > PL259 on one end. > > I'm wondering if "RG-8M" is what we used to call "marine mini-8". It's > the > same as RG-8X, but was often white in color. The jacket may have been > something that tolerated the saltwater environment better? > > --- Jeff WN3A
The only difference in what was called "marine" coax cable was that it was white rather than black. 73 Gary K4FMX
