[Wswss] [VHF] Starworks Wireless, Inc ARC-400 vs Belden 9913

[Chris Boone]

AND I have plenty of connectors as well...have a large box filled with 7/8
(sold off all my Cablewave 7/8 but picked up 125ft of 1 5/8 Heliax WITH two
new connectors in SEALED bags for $100....all depends on where you shop....
As one Motorola salesman, also a ham, asked me" How guilty did you feel when
you wrote the check for that cable and connectors?"

NOT one damn bit!! :)

It was going to the scrap yard before I got it...was OFFERED on the TX DX
Society mail list 1st!!!....just gotta keep looking.
Chris
WB5ITT

> On 7/26/2011 12:01 AM, Bob Cumming wrote:
> > I agree with Chris about using 1/2" Heliax.
> >
> > Only the connectors are more expensive - I get mine on E-Pay.   The
> > 9913 connectors for 9913 work fine with LMR-400.  If you go with 9913
> > remember to really waterproof the connectors with "Coax Seal" or Butyl
> > Rubber and good grade vinyl tape (I use the Andrews Kits Part #
> > 221213).  Even "N" connectors leak under long term humid conditions.
> >
> > VRY 73
> >
> > Bob Cumming
> > W2BZY
> > QRV 160M-3CM
> > from el98hr
> >
> > At 05:43 PM 7/25/2011, cboone at earthlink.net wrote:
> >> Personally, I would use 1/2in Heliax and be done with worry....it
> >> sells for about the same price as 9913 or LMR...I have LOTS of 1/2in
> >> in storage..I sell it for $1.50 a foot...7/8 for $3/ft
> >>
> >> Chris
> >> WB5ITT
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >From: n6ze at aol.com
> >> >Sent: Jul 25, 2011 3:40 PM
> >> >To: PNWVHFS at googlegroups.com, wswss at mailman.qth.net,
> >> vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu
> >> >Subject: [VHF] Starworks Wireless, Inc ARC-400 vs Belden 9913
> >> >
> >> >Any short comments on using 100 ft on 6m, or 2m, or 135Cm?
> >> Durability in SoCal
> >> >temperatures up to 105F? Realistic lifetime of cable? What's a fair
> >> price for
> >> >100 -200 ft spool?
> >> >
> >> >I do have the spec sheets on both cables, but I am not sure if "N"
> >> connectors
> >> >for 9913 are useable on ARC-400 cable.
> >> >
> >> >Thanks.
> >> >
> >> >bt73Pete, N6ZE
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Cumming [mailto:w2bzy at cfl.rr.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 6:01 PM
> To: cboone at earthlink.net; n6ze at aol.com; PNWVHFS at googlegroups.com;
> wswss at mailman.qth.net; vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu
> Subject: Re: [VHF] Starworks Wireless, Inc ARC-400 vs Belden 9913
> 
> I agree with Chris about using 1/2" Heliax.
> 
> Only the connectors are more expensive - I get mine on E-Pay.   The
> 9913 connectors for 9913 work fine with LMR-400.  If you go with 9913
> remember to really waterproof the connectors with "Coax Seal" or
> Butyl Rubber and good grade vinyl tape (I use the Andrews Kits Part #
> 221213).  Even "N" connectors leak under long term humid conditions.
> 
> VRY 73
> 
> Bob Cumming
> W2BZY
> QRV 160M-3CM
> from el98hr
> 
> At 05:43 PM 7/25/2011, cboone at earthlink.net wrote:
> >pErsonally, I would use 1/2in Heliax and be done with worry....it
> >sells for about the same price as 9913 or LMR...I have LOTS of 1/2in
> >in storage..I sell it for $1.50 a foot...7/8 for $3/ft
> >
> >Chris
> >WB5ITT
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: n6ze at aol.com
> > >Sent: Jul 25, 2011 3:40 PM
> > >To: PNWVHFS at googlegroups.com, wswss at mailman.qth.net,
> vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu
> > >Subject: [VHF] Starworks Wireless, Inc ARC-400 vs Belden 9913
> > >
> > >Any short comments on using 100 ft on 6m, or 2m, or 135Cm?
> > Durability in SoCal
> > >temperatures up to 105F? Realistic lifetime of cable? What's a
> > fair price for
> > >100 -200 ft spool?
> > >
> > >I do have the spec sheets on both cables, but I am not sure if "N"
> > connectors
> > >for 9913 are useable on ARC-400 cable.
> > >
> > >Thanks.
> > >
> > >bt73Pete, N6ZE
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