Genuine, MIL-C-17 RG-214/U coaxial cable has double silver-plated copper shields. Several companies manufacture an RG-214 "TYPE" cable that is very similar, but without the silver plating. As you would expect, it's a lot cheaper than the genuine RG-214/U stuff. Such cable may also have less braid coverage than the genuine cable.
Be very cautious about buying any coaxial cable that has the word "TYPE" on it, even if the maker claims that is "military specification" cable. That one word can allow the maker to market an inferior product to unsuspecting buyers. 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 8:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Wacom 642 (duplexer war stories...) In a message dated 4/11/2008 8:13:21 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've actually had plain copper-braided RG-214 coax on the antenna port of a UHF duplexer cause desense; had to replace it with silver-plated RG-214 .... Can you clarify this? I thought that any RG-214 cable has a spec for silver plated shielding.
