Fire Stops in walls

[mmckenna]

what cable did you use to run down the wall? I'm thinking about taking LMR400 from the antenna through the attic to just above where i want my cables to drop and switching to something more flexible.

That would probably work quite well.

I had to install a satellite antenna for a portable terminal in our EOC a few years back. The antenna is mounted off the side of the building and I ran LMR-600 inside to the EOC. I terminated the LMR-600 inside the wall with a right angle connector and installed a faceplate with the connector on it.
When the EOC gets activated, the guy who runs the satellite terminal just plugs in a short jumper into the faceplate.

You could do the same thing. Get a large 12" x 12" electric junction box, most big hardware stores will sell them. Route your coax down into the box. On the cover, mount a bunch of Type N chassis connector and terminate your cable on those. Ground the box while you are at it. All your radios would plug into the jacks on the cover.

 

[N9JIG]

what cable did you use to run down the wall? I'm thinking about taking LMR400 from the antenna through the attic to just above where i want my cables to drop and switching to something more flexible.

RG58 for the transmitting antenna and RG6Q for the scanner antennas.

I was thinking about getting a roll of LMR400 and one of RG6Q but I really, really suck at putting on connectors so I bought pre-made coax of a couple different lengths. With 25 cables it would have been a real chore to pull so many lengths and install connectors. It might happen eventually but so far the pre-made ones work fine.

Hey Joe; need another job?