After I got done burying the 1,000 feet of RG11, I called to get…

After I got done burying the 1,000 feet of RG11, I called to get it connected. But they said it was the wrong cable, and again refused to tell me what the RIGHT cable would be. But they did offer to install the right cable for $8,000.

So I snagged a few samples from some passing cable service trucks, and then spent a few months trying to buy it. But no one would sell me just the ~1,000 feet that I needed; only a full ~2,500-foot spool for ~$0.90/ft plus truck freight & dock service. And I'd still have to haul it home, and then get it into the ground.

It took me the better part of a year to find a NOS spool that I could buy closer to $0.80/ft, and it was only ~300-mile-round-trip away! So after a long day on the road, I got home with 430 lbs of CommScope P3-625-JCASS, and put it into my yard trailer on a custom-built rack.

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