Hello. I have been using about ~30 feet of Commscope E82833 (white in color, and a little bit thinner than rg8) that goes to a 4.5db gain Antenna (comet gp-3) at about 40ft in the air (ground-to-tip) to a CDM1250 Base. It seems to work quite well, altho I have never really heard of CommScope. Is this type of coax good?
Again, I'm just not familiar with the make or model, so any opinoins or comments are appreciated. Thanks.
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Commscope Coax?
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You ask whether Commscope cable is good. We've used ALOT of cellreach cable. It's very good. I'm not certain exactly what cable you've got. There's typically words - cell reach, extremeflex, etc. - on Commscope wireless cables. They make an awful lot of CATV stuff, so it's possible you've got 75 ohm cable. You wouldn't necessarily see a problem if that's what you have. Depending on length, it might just be more lossy. See if there's anything else on the jacket.
Grog wrote:Just as an interest note, I worked at the main Commscope plant in Catawba NC. I worked on the large stuff, from .500 to 1". It had about 1mil square feet.
It was a great place to work, til the layoff in 2001![]()
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I worked on the fire alarm in the same plant, in 2000 and 2001, and most of the people I had contact with, there, seemed to really enjoy working there.
I have some of this cable as well. it says comm/scope network cable0298 RG58 A/U typeE82833 IEEE 802.3 10 BASE 2 20 AWG TYPE CL2. I must say its the best RG58 I have seen. It also has the foil under the braid. I may use some of this for a base setup on the VHF high band. Dont know how good it will work but Ill give it a try!
Re: Commscope Coax?
I just put this coax up on my dual band antenna. Two meter 440, and it works great. I had this in my garage for ten years, bought at hamfest. It was pricey at the time. I love the foil under the braided shield. I purposely have about 30 extra feet than needed for moving around etc. Still has great reports from all that I talk too. Its also a little thinner than RG8 for comparison. I'm going to look for more of this if I see it at any of the hamfests. So far so good, I hope it holds up to the weather. Good Stuff...
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