given the possible loss incured by an mc mcx or mmcx connector a piece of lmr-100/a/rg-316 is more than adequate. two other issues...
smaller connector assemblies require smaller cable guages. you won't find a mmcx connctor that you can crimp a 3/8" or even 1/4" piece of coax to... cable tension. 3/8" coax is stiff, even the lmr400 ultraflex is stiff. if you apply significant presure to a force-fit connector you'll break the connection or one or both sides of the connector... contrast with an N connector or one of the many flavors of tnc connector which can withstand a signficant amount of mechanical strain. so a short very flexible pigtail gets used in cnjunction with a strain relief... for applications where we just need two meter or lower runs of cable between the antenna and the ap we use rp-tnc - N pigtails with lmr-240 rather than 400 because -12.65db per hundred feet vs -7.9db per hundred is an acceptable tradeoff for the extra flexibility in the cable and well within the link budget of our application. On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Fred Weston wrote: > Does anyone make 18" pigtails that do not use 100 series cable? > Hyperlink, Fabcorp and everyone on eBay sells their 18" pigtails with > 100 series cable. It looks like Netgate does as well from their > pictures. Is 100 series cable preferable when selecting a pigtail > because of it's flexibility? It seems to me that it doesn't make sense > to use a pigtail made from 100 series cable between the radio and a > bulkhead connector, then use 400 series cable from there to the antenna. > Is 18" not long enough to worry about loss, or is there a better > solution? > > -- > Fred Weston > DaytonaWAN Networks Inc. > Ph. 386-673-2514 > Fax 386-255-2060 > > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joel Jaeggli Unix Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Key Fingerprint: 5C6E 0104 BAF0 40B0 5BD3 C38B F000 35AB B67F 56B2 -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
