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

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Review Summary For : Cable Experts CXP1318
Reviews: 35MSRP: 1.04
Description:
CXP1318FX Flexible strd BC cntr foil+95% braid 2.7db 400MhHz NC/DB/UV jkt.
Product is in production
More Info: http://www.cablexperts.com
# last 180 days Avg. Rating last 180 days Total reviews Avg. overall rating
00353.5
W8WLC Rating: 2006-01-30
great product Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I have been purchasing all my cable and antenna supplies from these people. Good quality stuff and you get to talk to real people when you need something. I have some of this cable in a high traffic area and it holds up well the connectors well no problems here.
K8XQ Rating: 2006-01-30
Top Quality Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I have been buying off these folks for a lot of years.I have found there products to be of top quality and assembled well having never caused a problem in this shack. Untill someone can demonstrate a connector coming of the cable by hand,I'll continue buying my cable assemblies from Cables Experts.
73 Kevin K8XQ licensed 27 years.
K4KAL Rating: 2006-01-30
Pay a Premium get Low Quality! Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I have been purchased cable from Cable Experts for years and never had a problem. I placed an order a few weeks ago for some CXP1318, and it arrived with "Cheap" Crimp-On Connectors. They used to provide a quality Amphenol connector with the gold pin, and it was soldered. I called Cable Experts and they said "Sorry", we don't provide that kind of connector any more. Well, "Sorry..." I will do business elsewhere !
K9YP Rating: 2005-11-17
no problems Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I see quality control issues here in these reviews, but I have a number of RG8X and 9913 feedlines by this company and have never had a problem. (Switching my VHF from RG8 to 9913 really bought me increased signal.) Maybe Ham Radio Outlet is screening out defective feedlines and only sending me good ones, but I was surprised to see complaints. I order preassembled because I'm a lousy solderer.
N0AH Rating: 2005-06-30
Why no quality on connectors Experts?? Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Why build a race car and leave off the tires????? Just got a 50 foot run from HRO in Denver.

Had to cut both the PL-259 connectors off. One had a poor solder joint causing a short and the other had the barrel of the PL-259 get stuck in the heat shrink making it impossible to screw onto my antenna.

This is not the first time I have had to replace their PL259's. What don't they get? It is nice to walk in and buy, but for the headaches, it takes 10 minutes to do a much nicer job on your own putting on a real PL-259.

Your going to have to anyway if you buy their stuff. Their PL-259's look like rat-shack's stuff and they have the same problem. Short PL-259 plugs stink. But they must be cheap to produce.
KD7VEM Rating: 2005-06-01
Not like the reviews below say Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I've used Cable Experts stuff for several years, and haven't had any troubles. But I just read the reviews below, and had doubts. So I took a brand new cable apart and found it was very professionally put together, fully soldered, nothing sloppy, and well-assembled. I didn't cut the connector in half to see how well the solder ran around the inside of the barrel, but it looks perfect from outside.

This review aplies to many Cable Experts products I have purchased.
K2ESE Rating: 2004-12-04
Poor workmanship! Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
recently purchased "Expertly" made cables from this company, including short jumpers and long 50 and 100 foot lengths. The jumpers started failing and after close examination, I discovered the following:
The connectors were neatly shrink wrapped with the company logo.
The Shields were not tinned at all!
The center conductor was not tinned either.
The solder holes in the 259's had solder in all the holes but it was just enough to tack the shield in place.
Same story with the center conductor, just tacked in place.
Two of the connectors had sorts due to the shields not being trimmed back to clear the center conductor.

The company states that there quality workmanship is warranted for 60 days.
Radio Shack has a better warranty!

This stuff is not quality at all! Don't waist your money!!!
KC2GOW Rating: 2004-12-04
DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
They are great cables if you do not take them out of the box!!! I had TWO PL-259 connectors on RG-213 fall apart. By the way, this is on a 50ft and a 100ft pre-assembled run. Under close examination, the shield was NOT soldered at all to the connector itself. The cable literally pulled out of the PL-259. They do a good job at heat-shrinking the ends, but this isn't going to save your amplifier or finals now is it? I had to take a rig out of line for service and on cable #2, it was very easy to look down into the connector. There was no soldering to be found whatsoever! That makes me sit back and think about their promise of a HIGH QUALITY cable? I am running an older 9913 cable up my 90ft tower and now I am going to cut all the weather proofing to check out the ends. I don't want to kill my AL-1500 because the connector on the beam is GARBAGE!
K6XR Rating: 2004-01-04
3 gone bad Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I have had 3 connectors (pl-259) fail on the 9913 coax and jumpers that I bought from cable experts. they fail right inside the connector. I cut them off and soldered new connectors and everything was ok from then on.
no more orders
K9XK Rating: 2004-01-04
As Advertised Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I not have purchased any pre-assembled cable lengths from them because I have always needed a specific run of cable and I know how to solder and/or apply connectors. So I have bought in bulk. They have a complete line of connectors as well as a helpful website.

These guys have always been great with their technical assistance in terms of recommendations, and have been equally impressive with their turnaround time. The 1318FX as well as everything else I have purchased from Cable XPerts has been excellent, as expected.