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Marine Radio LMR400 | Genuine Times Microwave LMR-400 Coaxial Cable UHF RF PL-259
25 Ft LMR400 | Genuine Times Microwave LMR-400 Coaxial Cable UHF RF PL-259
Marine Times Coaxial Cable
US
Made
LMR400
!
Don’t buy without asking if a
product is
Genuine
Times Microwave
not a cheap Chinese copy
.
At
some frequencies, badly made or wimpy 1/8 or 1/4 inch cable
can cost you up to a Db a
foot!
Most
of the listings for LMR-400 cable here on eBay are
not
.
eBay is allowing
sellers to List cable in the titles and description as LMR-400 when it
is NOT.
Cheap
thin badly made cable can result in even the best antenna being worse
than useless
.
Without the
proper transmission line you can lose more signal than you gain from
the antenna.
When
you read
carefully you will find that the cable is not Times Microwave, Not made
in
the US, and not guaranteed by a free return shipping policy if it
doesn’t meet your needs.
Poor
quality cable or improper coax will cost you significant
signal
strength.
Copper prices are
rising and some off shore producers are being caught using substandard
alloys and less metal in the cables.  We have ordered cable
from others
and weighed equal lengths of their and our Times Micro.
50
feet of offbrand weighs a half pound less.
Maybe
because Tin and Aluminum weigh less than Copper…
Is
the cable you are looking at Described as
“Compare to” “Equavilent
to””Replacement for” 
“Same as” or even
“Like”
LMR-400
cable
? 
This is common with poor quality cable made in Mainland
China or some other lesser known locations.  1/2 (.405) inch
Cable is perfect for
runs when you don’t want to loose signal strength but it isn’t cheap,
so please
choose a product that will last for 20+ years and give you the service
you
require.
Coaxial cable
design choices affect physical size, frequency
performance, attenuation, power handling capabilities, flexibility,
strength and cost.  Skinny cable has less metal to conduct
your signal and causes more loss.
Sagemaiden
and MPD Digital choose not to purchase or sell coaxial cable made in
Communist Countries.  If you want cheap Chinese cable please
look elsewhere.
Other LMR-400
Listings
3
ft PL-259 jumper
6
ft PL-259 jumper
8 ft PL-259 cable
10 ft PL-259 cable
12ft PL-259 cable
15ft PL-259 cable
25ft
PL-259 cable
50ft
PL-259 cable
75ft PL-259 cable
100ft PL-259 cable
Lengths up to 250 feet available
in our
store
!  500 foot reels for
sale on request
Need any odd lengths?
Just
Ask!
Listings
for SMA/BNC/N/etc HERE
Tech Specs
Connector(s)
Product
Description
1
x
PL-259 -Series connector –
male
LMR400
Ultra Low Loss – transmission line
Connector(s)
(Other Side)
Length
1
x PL-259 -Series connector – male
25
ft
Technology
Type
Coaxial
Cable 50 Ohms
Transmission
Line – Connects Access Points, Routers and Radio transmitters to
Antenna
Network
Cable Type
Antenna
cable
Waterproof
connector installation
We have many listings for cable
sets with different connector configurations
.  We
will also
professionally replace
connections as needed with high quality SMA, BNC, RP-SMA, N, RP-TNC or
TNC ends in
male or female
LOOK HERE
and scroll down to see detailed pictures of the different cable
connectors and select those required to customize cable for your needs.
Cable
that fails to
meet name brand manufacturers standards is not
destroyed but is sold as generic, off brand or “house brand” cable all
over eBay. Just ask the seller where it’s made and to provide you the
manufacturers
website
address
…
Connector
Specification
:
After
trial and error we determined the proper connector for our production.
 RF Industries produces a high quality Silver connector that
solders easily using silver solder and still manages to be affordable.
Quality control has proven to be excellent and they deliver solid
signals with minimal loss.
Full details are here
We
can buy
MUCH
cheaper connectors here on eBay but we choose not to
.
Manufacturer Part Number:
RFU-500
Connector Type PL-259 UHF
Male:
Silver plated body for best connectivity
Connector Shell
Plated for
durability
Product Name:
Ultra Low Loss Antenna Cable
Usage:
UHF / VHF Transmission Line
Manufacturer:
RF Industries
Confused About Coax Connector
Gender and Types?  Click Here…
We have a Photo page to explain what you need!
Too
much
attenuation or signal loss?
send
it back
.  VSWR too high?
Send
it back
.   Please see
the fine print!
The Fine Print
:
If you cut it up you keep it.
Cable
should be in “like new” condition, teeth marks/burns/slices etc. are
not acceptable.  Please don’t run it up a tower and scrape/fray
it then change your mind.  Run all tests while still coiled.
If we have installed custom connectors
we will not refund the price of the new connector we installed for you.
If
you
have installed custom connectors we will not refund what you paid for
them.
Try to be as fair to us as we are to you.
 As you
can see this
cable
lists for many times what we are selling it for.
Shortcuts
To Cable Listings
We
produce hundreds of cable combinations.  Please click here to
tale a look!
LMR-400
Coaxial Cable Info
Genuine
U.S. Made
LMR-400
Coaxial
cable should not be confused with the imitations sold
calling
themselves LMR400 in most eBay listings.  There ARE other
quality
coax producers in the US other than Times Microwave.  We sell
a
couple ourselves, but please – if you don’t buy here do your homework.
Certain
Chinese plants make cable for a large number of resellers and as copper
prices go up, the quality of the alloy used tends to go down as
cheaper
producers tend to substitute
inferior alloy without telling or use cable with variable dielectric
thickness and
copper alloys less than 95% pure for poor conductivity.
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Coax
Cable Signal
losses are frequency dependent
!
Don’t bother buying a good
antenna
if you are
running cheap cable. Losses can be
reduced by
increasing
the diameter of the cable.
A
cable
with twice the
diameter will have half the signal effect resistance loss.
Assuming cable quality is equal, the larger cable would
halve
the
dB/meter loss. In
designing a system, consider not only the loss in the cable,
but also the loss in the connectors. Cheap connectors give you as much
loss as cheap cable. On a final note, poorly made LMR600 “type” cable
can have a greater signal loss than good LMR400…
This
is
Top Quality LMR400 50 Ohm Cable
.  All common
Radio Frequency (RF) devices CB, Ham, WiFi, Packet Radio, etc. are to
be used with 50 Ohm cables and connectors.
75 Ohm
cables and connectors are designed for low frequency signals
like Video or Cable TV and are unsuitable for
most
all RF
installations
.
In
high quality cable the dimensions and spacing of the conductors are
uniform.
Any abrupt
change in the spacing of the two conductors along the cable tends to
reflect radio frequency power back toward the source, causing a
condition called
standing waves
.
This acts as a bottleneck, reducing the amount and quality of the
transmitted power. To hold the shield at a uniform distance from the
central conductor, the space between the two is filled with a plastic
dielectric
designed to maintain the
proper spacing between conductor and shielding to assure maximum signal
transmission and lowest loss.
LMR-400 cable
is
designed for all applications, can be direct buried, and the outer
jacket resists
ultraviolet
light
and
oxidation
. There is no environmental
restriction on use for indoor installations.
International
Customers
EBay
Customs Notice for
International Buyers
:
(In compliance to EBay
International
Sales Instructions)
We have never
had a package held up or taxed by Customs but there is
always a possibility.
International
Buyers
– Please Note:
Import
duties, taxes and charges are
not
included
in the item price or
shipping charges. These charges are the buyer’s responsibility.
Please
check with your country’s customs
office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to
bidding/buying.
These
charges are normally collected by the delivering freight (shipping)
company or when you pick the item up – do not confuse them for
additional shipping charges.
We
do not mark merchandise values below value or mark items as “gifts” –
US and International government regulations prohibit such behavior.
ALL
international shipping is done via USPS Air Mail. You can check the
rates for your location at USPS.Com and just add $2 to the direct cost
to pay for our packaging and transport. I can ship
other
ways but the cost is
much
more expensive.  Shipping to Canada
is double
for signature items with tracking numbers and delivery to Europe and
Australia is
more than triple the USPS Air Mail cost.  In most cases it is
not
cost
effective to buy my items and pay three times the price to ship
them…  For more expensive items over $50 I will offer the
option of
tracked shipping but in most cases you will be better off buying
locall
y.
LMR-400
Top
same sz as RG8/213/214
LMR-240
Middle
same
size as RG8x
LMR-195 Bottom
same
size as RG58
(Although RG type
cables may be the same diameter as LMR coax the difference in
construction results in MUCH higher signal loss)
LMR-400
Outside
RG-58 Inside
[Larger diameter
cable means less signal loss]
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