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Review on RG58A/U Coax Cable 3ft Jumper: CB/Ham Radio Connector - Workman CX-3-PL-PL, Made in USA by Loren Jacobson

Revainrating 1 out of 5

very poor quality: Portable Audio & Video

This product sucks. low quality pl259 connectors1. I've never seen the screw part of the plug sit so crooked.2. The middle connector soldering looks like it was done by a toddler. When I first saw this, I checked with a multimeter that it wasn't a short.3. When I first used it the antenna gave me a much higher SWR than I expected, which I thought was pretty good. He showed almost 2:1 and I expected 1.2:14. Then I put the coax cable with a dummy load of 8 ohms on the antenna analyzer. When scanning frequencies, the analyzer showed an SWR from 1.6:1 to 2:1. with every other coaxial cable, this dummy load is 1.0:1 at each frequency. .not sure what "coaxial cable" it is as there is no marking on it. I'm considering cutting off the connector and seeing if the cable is coaxial.

Pros
  • Consistent test results
Cons
  • Could have chosen a newer model