[BC] Harris 50 om coax jumpers

[Glen Kippel]

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 8:40 PM, <radioranger at comcast.net> wrote:

> Does anyone know why Harris uses some sort of 50 ohm cable with what looks
> like shrink tubing over the outer jacket as jumper cables in the HT series
> transmitters?  If it's just off the shelf RG-213, why the extra jacket?
>
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I would hazard a guess that it would provide an extra measure of strain
relief and provide some weatherproofing.  I have seen this on other
manufactured cables, as I have never gotten any from Harris.  Perhaps you
should ask them?