New Feed Lines for 23cm EME

New feed lines were going to be required for my 23cm EME station.  For transmit I needed something that could handle as much as 700-watts on 23cm.  For several years I have depended on coaxial cable which is built in Italy by Messi & Paoloni.   They have been producing cables since 1984 and have received very good reviews.  I have made multiple purchases from M&P and have always been amazed at the quality of their cable and connectors.  For my transmit cables I decided on their HYPERFLEX 13 /.500" which is rated to handle 786 watts on 1296 MHz.  For my receive cable I chose their ULTRAFLEX 10 /.400" which is a little smaller and lighter.  I ordered a 6.5 m section of each cable with Solder type "N" connectors installed on BOTH ends.  I also ordered a 1.1 m piece of the larger cable as a jumper from the amp to the wattmeter.

The center conductor of the HYPERFLEX 13 contains 37 wires!  That makes it a very flexible cable. Click Here for a video showing how they install a soldered (or solderless) "N" Connector.  Their connectors are designed specifically for their cables.

I placed my order by email in the evening on September 29th, well after M&P had closed for the day.  In the morning of October 1st (1-1/2 days later) I had a response where they told me the HYPERFLEX cable with the black jacket was out of stock but they could supply their HYPERFLEX 13 Sahara with a white jacket.  Both cables have the same specifications but the Sahara cable has a white jacket to help reduce the attenuation degrading which a black cable can experience as the ambient temperature increases.  I quickly agreed to have the white jacketed cable substituted in my order for the HYPERFLEX 13 cables.  Just after midnight (my time) on October 2nd, I received the order confirmation and a PayPal link for me to make the payment.

Unbelievably the cables arrived at my QTH in the afternoon of October 6th.  Just 7 days after I placed the order!  WOOF!  Can you believe three custom-built coaxes with Soldered "N" connectors installed, were produced and DELIVERED from Italy in just 6 days?  Well, in my experience, this is NOT unusual!  My previous orders have taken only 6 or even 5 days to have connectors installed on custom lengths of cable and shipped from Italy to West Virginia.  

Click on the photo of the cables on the right for a larger view.  You can easily see the quality of the Soldered "N" connectors.  I continue to be very happy with the cables and connectors I purchase from M&P.  And I do not hesitate to recommend them.