S.i.w. - type rg8/u-95 foam

[snig64]

Hi

Cannot find loss for S.I.W. - TYPE RG8/U-95 FOAM ... exact printing on cable. Even Google has failed me but I did find chart at Coax Cable Loss . again no RG8/U-95 FOAM.

please help. 800mhz.

 

[Rt169Radio]

Is RG-8/U the same as that RG-8/U-95?

 

[LtDoc]

Just guessing <---, I would think that cable is fairly 'standard' RG-8/u with foam insulation and has 95% shielding. For UHF stuff there are 'better' cables available. Of course, that depends on the length of the run and maybe a couple of other aspects.
- 'Doc

 

[snig64]

Rt169 no idea that was my question.

 

[Rt169Radio]

Rt169 no idea that was my question.

Where did you get that coax? Did you buy it?

 

[jhsands]

was given to me by a motorola dealer about two years ago. they are out of business.

 

[mpddigital]

For Scanner antenna or CB use the coax is fine. Better than standard RG-58 or RG-8x. For anything over 300MHz there are Much better options.

 

[snig64]

I ordered cellphone mate "lmr400 like" cable. That should be better for the 800 range?
http://amzn.com/B003YDVOVY

 

[LtDoc]

That "LMR-400 like" doesn't really tell you anything about the cable's characteristics, or just how it's supposed to 'like' that LMR-400. You want to be careful about advertising like that.
- 'Doc

 

[mpddigital]

It's Like my Fiesta is Like a Mustang...

The brand you purchased is made in china and will work. It is designed like LMR-400 as are many others. Most of the chinese stuff is signifficantly different on the inside and jacket make-up.

Some sellers of "like LMR" that are very good are Commscope/Andrew, Coleman, Draka, Suhner, Teldar. All are made to the same quality standards. For some reason they ALL cost about the same as Times Micro LMR....

We have ordered 50k ft a month of LMR-400 from Times for the last several years. The main reason we use it is folks Don't Send It Back. Since we offer a 60 day refund where We pay return shipping that is important. There are many makers of good coax out there, Times and Andrew are just the main ones we choose to use.