CablesOnline, 50ft RG8X UHF PL259 Male to UHF PL259 Male 50-Ohm Antenna Cable

Well, it's 50' of 50 Ohm Coax. If this changes your life, you probably have bigger issues. That said, it works. The connectors seem solid - the fit well with low loss and seem to be well installed. The cable is reasonably flexible and so far has been a good feed line to my antenna. I was concerned with how tightly it was coiled in packaging (I'm obsessive on loosely hand coiling cables from way back) but it lost the tight loops pretty quickly. When I was young, I bought various cables on the cheap and spent a lot of time re-connectoring them. Then I went through a phase of always building my own cables. Now I'm older and would rather spend my time on the air (or online) than fabricating cables. This is a solid compromise. I'm working on my next antenna and will buy another of these for it. Not much of an aesthetic to discuss...it's 50 Ohm feed cable. Black with metal dealies on the ends. Most of it's in the attic to the antenna.

Used it to connect discone from radshack to a noo-elec ham it up upconverter and then RTL-SDR usb dongle. Works fine. The pins are ever so slightly larger than they need to be, which i consider a good thing. The tightening nuts are sort of annoying. anyone who's had a few CBs knows what i mean when i say you have to push the female side into this, turn, push and twist female side, turn, push and twist to lock the teeth, then finally turn it to tight. this is because the "nut" part doesn't traverse up and down very much, due to the plastic part that the cable attaches to. no big deal, this is cheap, good cable, and i don't intend to loosen or disconnect it very much, if ever again.

It's coax cable... I'm happy with the performance of my CB setup so I haven't hacked the cable apart to see what's inside. The only reason I'm not giving this cable a 5 star review is because of the rough soldering that was left on the center tips of the pl259 connectors. However my CB rig is performing excellent so I would actually give this cable a 4.8 if I could. I would purchase this cable again and I will also recommend it to anyone in need of this type of coax.

I used to have a 25ft cable, and that wasn't long enough. The vendor/supplier shipped it quickly, and I wasn't disappointed at all. I've now used it a few times for Parks on The Air (POTA), and hookup and disconnection of the HF rig and antenna were no problem at all. I'd certainly recommend this to anyone that needs a good portable cable (or even for home for that matter). :)

Very good product. USA made. Durable sheathing.

great

According to my NanoVNA, its characteristic impedance is very consistently 49.8 to 50.0 ohms the entire length. The connectors are Amphenol, so the highest quality shells with no impedance bumps. The molded strain reliefs are stiff, which prevents over-bending at the crimped sleeve.

Wire is perfect for what I'm doing. I don't know what everyone else was talking about when they said connectors were crap. Connections fit real tight, on connections. Wire seems heavy duty to me, if it fails, it's cheap enough to replace. We'll see what the future brings for this wire but, for now it's everything I needed!

Bon

well was rg8x shield not that high no foil 80% cover ok for what i am going too use it for . uhf quad beam .

I haven't used the cable yet. Bought it to use for temporary setups and portable use. It is flexible and seems well made. It should stand up to frequent storage and moving around.

Good cable its the second one I bought first was 100 feet for my ham antenna it works good the second 50 feet for my second antenna good product happy with it you cant beat the price well made cable