>I don't like the solid center conductor cable for any applications subject >to vibration. The wire tends to crack right where the center pin is >soldered on after a while. It sounds like it would be a very remote >possibility, but I have seen it more times than I can count in marine >applications.
I will agree that the stranded RG-58 should be used where flexing and/or vibrations are to be expected, i.e. helicopters and boats, c.f. your comment on marine use, but for a plane where it gets installed and checked once in 5 years?! Allen G. Wiesner KR-2SS/TD S/N 1118 65 Franklin Street Ansonia, CT 06401-1240 (203) 732-0508 flash...@usadatanet.net