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Reviews For: The Wireman CQ118 RG8X low loss mini 8

Category: Feedlines (coax, ladder-line, etc.)

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Review Summary For : The Wireman CQ118 RG8X low loss mini 8
Reviews: 2MSRP: .49/foot
Description:
tis i the wiremans low loss mini 8X model CQ118
Product is in production
More Info: http://https://www.thewireman.com/coax.html
# last 180 days Avg. Rating last 180 days Total reviews Avg. overall rating
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AD5NM Rating: 2019-06-06
What I have is ok. Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
My Rhodes&Swartz cable analyzer shows this cable good at 56. It's a good cable for small projects in my opinion, however, I would be conservative in its application above 100 mhz.
KF7NN Rating: 2019-06-05
not 50 ohm Time Owned: more than 12 months.
i measured this coax to be 62.5 ohms not 56 as above, a bug in software led me jump to conclusions. in any event using this coax on my stations resulted in higher than normal SWR which caused my equipment to show signs of a problem when the antenna swr and the coax added swr were added together i assume. if anyone can confirm the readings i would appreciate it.

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Earlier 2-star review posted by KF7NN on 2019-06-04

i measured this coax using a array solutions 4170c and compared it in series with some davis bury flex. the TDR showed that this coax was actually 56 ohms and the bury flex was 50, this was why i was getting higher than normal swr readings on 2m etc. my swr was at 1.3:1 with this coax into a dummy load and 1.1:1 using the buryflex.