A quick check of the MIL-SPEC list reveals that Belden 8268 (RG-214/U) is listed (M17/164-00001).
Chuck WB2EDV ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Lemmon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 10:16 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Ultimate test coax cables > Chuck, > > I purchase the majority of my cable and connectors from TESSCO. I have > not had > to buy any RG-214 within the past few years, since I bartered for a large > quantity of new cable when a contractor had to install hardline instead of > the > RG-214 he had already bought for the job and couldn't return. > > As of today, there are only three manufacturers of Military-Specification > RG-214/U cable, which is marked either M17/75-RG214 or M17/190-00001: > > Coleman Cable Company, P/N 8421F > Rockbestos Suprenant Cable Company, P/N RG-214 and RG-214LH > Times Microwave Systems, Inc., P/N AA-3409 and AA-7289 > > Beware of any "MIL-SPEC" cable that bears the word "TYPE" on it, because > it is > NOT genuine but merely similar. Neither the phrase "MIL-SPEC" nor the > phrase > "MIL-C-17" is a guarantee that a cable meets ANY of the stringent > specifications > for the military. There is a lot of junk cable being sold as "genuine > military > specification cable" to unwary buyers. If it isn't listed in Uncle Sam's > Qualified Products List QPL-17, it hasn't passed muster. The latest issue > is > QPL-17-183, published in February 2005. > > 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/
