You are 100% right but the cheap stuff will not have the /U on the end of the number and lord knows that they made a ton of the bad stuff in the 70tys to be used by the folks doing TVRO dishes. YEP the big ones. They uses "RG-214" between the LNA or LNB's to the receiver on the back side of the dish. Then RG-6 to the set top box in the house. There must be a ton of this stuff sitting in a warehouse some where that is coming out all over the place here of late. Be careful! 73 Russ, W3CH
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Kelley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 11:07 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Cursed Coax > > I have seen the cheap RG-214 "type" cables, but all the > genuine RG-214/U MIL-C-17 stuff I have used had silver > plated center conductor and double silver plated shield. I > learned from experience not to use anything less in duplex > service! (you can sometimes get away with it, but don't > count on it) > > By the way, my Teledyne Thermatics cable is labelled RG214 > MIL-C-17. Despite not having the '/U' it is the good stuff, > all silver plated center and double shield. > > Paul N1BUG > > > On Friday 17 December 2004 10:21 am, Jim B. wrote: > > Glenn Little WB4UIV wrote: > > > By definition, RG-214/U MIL-C-17/164 has two silver > > > plated copper shields and a silver plated, stranded, > > > copper center conductor. > > > > > > The specification for true RG-214 can be found here: > > > <http://www.dscc.dla.mil/Downloads/MilSpec/Docs/MIL-C-1 > > >7/mil17ss164.pdf> > > > > > > > > > Anything less is NOT RG-214. Anything less invites > > > problems in a duplex application. > > > > > > 73 > > > Glenn > > > WB4UIV > > > > Wow-silver center conductor? I don't think I've ever seen > > that. It's all been bare copper...good info, Glenn. > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
