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Anyone use or know about this coax?
- Thread starter Eastside
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Thanks OB.
What I was wondering was that if it is mil-surp.....will normal coax pl259 connectors fit on it.....this stuff looks pretty big....I remember once a long time ago a friend bought some coax from a gov auction and it was so big that 259 connectors would not fit.
What I was wondering was that if it is mil-surp.....will normal coax pl259 connectors fit on it.....this stuff looks pretty big....I remember once a long time ago a friend bought some coax from a gov auction and it was so big that 259 connectors would not fit.
The dimensions look similar to RG-8.
The outside diameter is the same at 0.405 in.
Can't tell if the center conductor will fit?
The outside diameter is the same at 0.405 in.
Can't tell if the center conductor will fit?
The dimensions look similar to RG-8.
The outside diameter is the same at 0.405 in.
Can't tell if the center conductor will fit?
Thanks OB.
Coleman is a high quality cable manufacturer, M17/74 is the latest military designation for what cb'ers/hams called RG8/u and then later it was superceeded by RG213/u, Mil-c-17 usually followed by a letter was the previous equivalent spec to M17/74, the lower in the alphabet the letter that follows Mil-c-17, the older the cable is, ie Mil-c-17d is older than mil-c-17f, which was the last mil-c-17? cable i saw before it became M17/74.
as cable like that has a twenty year shelf life its probably best to stick to mil-c-17f or M17/74 cables nowadays as the earlier ones will be near or past their shelf life.
best plugs would be amphenol 83-1sp (standard original pl259) or silver plated ones of similar size, another option is 10.3 mm/ .405" compression fit plugs.
don't forget the self amalgamating tape or other type of sealant, climbing roofs/towers in bad weather to fix problems is no fun.
Well I just bought 250ft of it......its mil-surplus.
You going to put up that 185 ft tower now?
I appreciate the info...thanks.
Is the center conductor braided copper?
should be