It’s the fast, easy, and convenient way of upgrading your station’s coaxial cables.
There are many aspects of amateur radio that pose significant challenges—learning CW or increasing your WPM speed, fixing the rotator serving your stacked Yagis, breaking through the pileup of a rare DXCC activation, or finding an antenna that satisfies your thirst for DXing but escapes the vigilant eyes of your HOA.
So much for the tricky stuff. One thing that isn’t hard about ham radio is ordering the precise coaxial cable you need and having it delivered directly to your door—fast, conveniently, and ready to install at your station. The active hams at DX Engineering, who have more than 1,000 years of combined experience dealing with coaxial cable, made sure this was possible for amateurs everywhere with its Custom Cable Builder at DXEngineering.com.
Customize Your Coaxial Cable Assemblies
What if you need exactly 67 feet of coaxial cable with a PL-259 on one end and type-N female on the other? Or 258 feet of coax with 7-16 DIN male connectors on both ends? DX Engineering’s online Custom Cable Builder lets you quickly and easily select made-to-order coaxial cables that meet your precise needs. Here’s how it works:
1. Go to DXEngineering.com and click on the Custom Cable Builder box on the home page. Be sure to scroll down a bit. You’ll find it under “DX Engineering Exclusives”:
2. You will receive a window where you can select the high-performance DX Engineering or Times Microwave® LMR® cable you want for your station.
Choose from these 14 coaxial cable options:
DX Engineering:
- RG-214 Double-Shielded 50-ohm
- RG-400 High-Isolation Double-Shielded 50-ohm
- 400MAX Low-Loss Cable 50-ohm
- RG-8U Low-Loss 50-ohm Foam Dielectric
- RG-8X Low-Loss 50-ohm Foam Dielectric
- RG-6/U 75-ohm Quad-Shield
- RG-58A/U 52-ohm
- RG-213U Low-Loss Mil-Spec 50-ohm
Times Microwave®:
- LMR®400
- LMR®400UF (Ultra-Flex)
- LMR®400DB (Direct Bury)
- LMR®600
- LMR®600UF (Ultra-Flex)
- LMR®600DB (Direct Bury)
3. Select the precise length you want (up to 300 feet depending on type of cable chosen).
4. Select the type of connector on one end (A) of the cable.
5. Select the connector for the other end (B).
6. Verify your custom cable order and add to cart.
7. Complete your order and click Checkout.
8. DX Engineering takes it from there. Our technicians expertly complete your custom assembly by hand. Then your cable is hi-pot tested and finished with a thick, strain-relieving weather-seal heat shrink for excellent longevity.
9. Your custom cable is then shipped within two business days after purchase.
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Also available on the Custom Cable Builder is DX Engineering Tinned Copper Braid.
Other Coax Cable Purchasing Options
Coaxial cable assemblies are also available at DXEngineering.com in lengths from 1.5 to 200 feet (length options vary per type of coax). They either come with DX Engineering’s patented Next Generation crimp/solder 8U or 8X PL-259 (UHF male), Amphenol 83-1SP PL-259, Type-N male, or BNC male connectors on both ends. DX Engineering coaxial cable is also available by the foot and by the roll up to 1,000 feet.
Plus, DX Engineering RG-8X High-Visibility Orange 50-ohm Coaxial Cables are available in assemblies with PL-259 or BNC male connectors in various lengths. RG-174 orange coax is available in lengths from 1.5 to 50 feet.
You can depend on DXE for a great selection of DX Engineering coax crimping tools and toolkits for soldered connectors; top-quality DX Engineering, Times Microwave, and Amphenol connectors; coaxial adapters; and more.
