> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Plack
> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 6:22 PM
> To: [email protected]
> 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
