Ultraflex 10 coax?

GTom said:
I will renew my VHF coax and add an AIS antenna soon. Anyone experience with the Messi & Paolini Ultraflex 10?

https://www.hamradio.co.uk/accessor...aflex-10-better-than-westflex-103-pd-5636.php

Compared to the Hyperflex and LM400, it doesn't have aluminum conductor. The dielectric is foam, which might be problematic for marine applications?
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The foam will be fine, it is closed cell. The cabel looks nice enough, but if you can, find something with tinned rather than bare copper sheathing. It *is* worth going for a better quality cable than RG58U and if you seal it well this will be fine, but if you can find somethign similar with a tinned copper construction that would be perfect.
 
With all coax, keeping moisture out is key to keeping the loss low.
Which mostly implies using the correct connectors.
M&P do their own connectors for this cable, which seal the cable.
Does your antenna take a PL259? Or some other connector available to fit this cable?
 
lw395 said:
With all coax, keeping moisture out is key to keeping the loss low.
Which mostly implies using the correct connectors.
M&P do their own connectors for this cable, which seal the cable.
Does your antenna take a PL259? Or some other connector available to fit this cable?
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I'll go for N-type if possible, I think they have a connector. Tinned cables are hard to find though.
 
GTom said:
I'll go for N-type if possible, I think they have a connector. Tinned cables are hard to find though.
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That's because tin is piss poor for RF cables.
You may find silver plated in some RG types.

If you want low loss, you are probably on the right track with M&P cable, it's not the cheapest, but it's a lot cheaper than some.
 
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