> Bob
>
> That doesn't square with the large body of repeater owners
> who have used Wacom cavities. Their UHF products used RG-142.
> However, their VHF products used a proprietary cable which
> had: "MODIFIED RG-214 DOUBLE SHIELDED" which was nothing more
> or less than RG-214 without silver plating. Despite anecdotal
> experiences like yours, I've never heard a complaint from
> anyone who used that Wacom modified cable regarding desense. Have you?
>
> Bruce K7IJ
I have, with a 4-cavity 2m pass/reject Wacom duplexer. I was lazy and only
replaced the cables going to the antenna tee, which eliminated the desense.
I also had a really old Wacom 6-cavity 2m duplexer that used plain old RG8
solid. I shotgunned all of the cables on that one.
UHF and 800+ Wacom duplexers that I'm familiar with all used RG142B/U or
RG400 coax, not RG214 types, so I've never had to mess with those.
--- Jeff
