Best SMA jumper cables for DBS Mods ant. - LMR-240

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What you really want is professionally-made LMR-240 SMA patch cables. RG-58 is total crap on 2.4ghz. The blue coax cables seem to be degrading over time. There are plenty of cable makers on-line. You just have to get the SMA gender designations correct (elsewhere on the threads here). LMR-240 by Times wire and cable will provide flawless operation and less than 1DB loss over 4 inches with good connectors. It's flexible. Poorly-made SMA jumpers can be very "lossy" at 2.4ghz. If you want the best performance obtainable, you have to go to rigid copper coax as in the picture.
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What you really want is professionally-made LMR-240 SMA patch cables. RG-58 is total crap on 2.4ghz. The blue coax cables seem to be degrading over time. There are plenty of cable makers on-line. You just have to get the SMA gender designations correct (elsewhere on the threads here). LMR-240 by Times wire and cable will provide flawless operation and less than 1DB loss over 4 inches with good connectors. It's flexible. Poorly-made SMA jumpers can be very "lossy" at 2.4ghz. If you want the best performance obtainable, you have to go to rigid copper coax as in the picture.View attachment 36747
Have a link for the suppliers who can make it up with the proper ends? Appreciate the info.
 

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