[BC] about STL dishes and jumpers

[Miltron]

Why does it amaze you ?
The most frequent point of failure of low powered antenna systems on towers is the jumper or its connections. Usually, jumpers only last a fraction of the life of the rest of the system. So where is the economy in that ?
As an example, I installed an STL with 7/8" coax direct into the antenna; it hasn't missed a lick since 1984. Now, _that's_ economy ! By now, it might have gone through a half dozen jumpers, or more.
Every connector is a potential point of failure; why would you want twice as many ?
Where do these wrong-headed ideas come from ?
M

-----Original Message-----
>From: Gary Glaenzer <glaenzer at frontier.com>
>
>It's always amazed me that equipment sellers, but even more that supposedly 
>knowledgeable 'engineers' would attempt to save dollars by specifying an 
>N-male on the end of the 1/2" Heliax, instead of an N-female + a jumper
>
>Even worse is when the Heliax is 7/8...............
>
>Thoughts on this supposed 'economy' ?