[BC] about STL dishes and jumpers

[Mark Humphrey]

FWIW, I took down an antenna yesterday which had been on a tower for
over ten years with an RG-393/U (Teflon double-braided) jumper. Aside
from slight bleaching of the jacket's orange-brownish color, the
jumper appeared and tested like new.  Connector at one end is a crimp
Type N and at the other end a soldered PL-259, but they had been taped
well so everything was still nice and dry.

Teflon line of this diameter normally sells for something like $8 to
10 per foot, so when I find a good deal at hamfests, I stock up.  The
surplus people in Nebraska also carry RG-393:

   http://www.surplussales.com/antennas/Antennas-10.html

Mark

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 9:15 PM, Broadcast List USER
<Broadcast at fetrow.org> wrote:
> I have NEVER seen a Superflex jumper fail.
>
> I have NEVER seen an LDF-4 jumper fail.
>
> I have seen more than a few braided jumpers fail.  It is GENERALLY,
> but not always the braid that fails.  Still, I have never allowed
> braided shields on any site I have managed.  The extra shielding keeps
> the noise down.