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K5VY
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Rating: 0/5
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Oct 3, 2007 10:26
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IT'S A RIP-OFF!!
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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First, they took my money and then "lost" my order.. Finally, after several phone calls, they shipped my cable. I ordered a 500 ft. spool, the spool came with 391 ft. I called to complain, and they wouldn't return my call. Low quaility material, the shielding was irregularly spaced. The outside covering was VERY thin in places. They'll never see my business again!
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KO6UJ
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Rating: 0/5
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Jun 26, 2007 08:45
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Absolute Junk
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Do not be mislead by the fancy red endcaps, labels, and heat shrink tubing. Cable Experts 213 is not a quality product. They are substandard.
During Field Day we used a brand new 25 ft Cable Experts 213 feedline section together with an IC-7000 and LDG tuner and had intermittent bad SWR readings. We isolated the issue to a questionable Cable Experts PL259 connection.
Rather than resolder and run the risk of finding additional issues with the coax, I chucked the entire POS junk feedline. It's an expensive waste of my time to check their work.
Now, I am checking the 3 ft interconnects that I have at home, and find that one of the connectors are questionable. More junk again.
Don't waste your money. You are better off purchasing Radio Shack feedline and assemblies. At least you know what you are getting.
73
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N4MJG
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Rating: 5/5
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Nov 28, 2005 20:24
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no problem for me
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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i use it on 6 meter when i go to camping,i never run any problem once so ever ! best money can buy.
73
Jackie
KG4ORX
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KP4AK
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Rating: 0/5
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Nov 28, 2005 15:30
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quality very bad
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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purchased expertly made 100ft cable with pl 259 install. shield not solder that all almost burn up my amp i pay top money to kill my amp . dont buy cable with pl-259 you solder them youself .....
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W4WHG
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Rating: 0/5
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Jan 21, 2005 12:28
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No more for me thanks!!
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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I had to resolder the shield on both ends of a 50 foot cable that ran from the tuner to the antenna and one end of a jumper that ran from the amp to the tuner. It's a wonder that I didn't mess up some equipment.
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NL7W
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Rating: 4/5
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Jan 18, 2005 16:27
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213 Type Cable Quality is Fine
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I purchased unterminated 213 from Cable Experts about 4 years ago, using it to feed a vertical in my Washington State backyard. Initially, I was impressed with the overall quality of the cable, especially the sheath, and thought it would hold up well in the wet weather of Seattle. It did hold up well, and am still using it today in Alaska.
Besides the "wet" environment, the sheath or jacket withstood a modest amount of abrasion caused by my young boys and their trampling across it (a portion ran across my backyard patio). The cable is fine in my book, just install your own connectors for reliability's sake. Then you will know what you have. 73.
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K5UJ
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Rating: 4/5
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Jan 18, 2005 13:54
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High quality
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I ordered two 100 foot runs of 213 from Cablexperts 6 weeks ago with UHF males on the ends. As usual, the cables were at my door the next day. Over the past 4 years or so, I have ordered tinned braid, copper wire, insulators, 213, 8U, 1318 and 8X in various lengths along with adaptors, and probably some other things I've forgotten, with absolutely no problems, the latest 213 runs included. In fact, if there had been problems I would have remembered everything I ordered. The latest shipment was assembled and packaged very well with high quality connectors and soldering. I would not hesitate to order from them again.
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KT0DD
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Rating: 5/5
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Jan 16, 2005 15:40
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Great Luck Here
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I bought 2 6' jumpers at Dayton 2003 to hook up my TT Titan 425 amp to my rig. I use them on both the input & output of the amp with NO problems so far. I've run 1500 watts thru mine with no failure. Maybe I just got a good batch. Hope I'm not setting myself up for trouble by posting this from what I've read Hi Hi. So far So good... 73.
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KG4RUL
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Rating: 5/5
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Jan 16, 2005 15:39
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NO problems here!!!
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have 475' of Cable Experts cables of various lengths and with various connector types. This includes a CXP213. NO problems with any of the cables.
Dennis / KG4RUL
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