RG58 Black Coax/Coaxial Cable - Multi-Strand - Impedance: 50 Ohm - Length 50m

Nice to work with and does the job at a good price

It's rg58 50 ohm coax what more can you say quality is good

For for my needs (just experimenting with antennas).Didn't come on a drum. It was just looped and in a plastic bag. Would have preferred a box at least to protect it in the post but it looks to have arrived intact so that's ok.Other than that all seems good with it so far.

I have been using RG58 cable for the last 40 years plus in a professional position and never had a cable as poor as this, I should have realised looking at the picture of the cable the braid looks thin and flimsy, but I trusted Eletrosmart, big mistake.When soldering the centre core discolours and burns, The joint between the pin on a PL259/6 plug and the centre core does not bond. I was able to pull back the cable through the pin after soldering!! The braid is thin and brittle. I mainly use this nowadays for making patch leads to use on transceivers. The 1st two I made played havoc with the SWR and were removed. I replaced with some old cable I purchased some 5/6 years ago using the same PL259/6 plugs as on the new cable. This time no problems, all soldered 100%. This cable is in my opinion very low grade and not fit for purpose.I contacted Electrosmart giving them chance to explain before leaving feedback who apologised for the problem saying:"I've soldered the cable without any trouble, but I would recommend using no more than a 25W Iron for best results and soldering at high temp will cause issues. It is fairly low cost cable but will do the job. We do stock a higher spec RG58 but it is over twice the price".I am now left with 50mts of useless RG58 cable and out of pocket financially. It looks like the supplier is not prepared to compensate. I will not use this cable and risk damaging my £1500 worth of radios and accessories. Be warned, be careful. Very upset and cheated P.

Lots of internal breaks, so a fair bit of wastage.

good for antenna experiments and 1/2 wave stubs but not a low losscoax at most frequencies.

Great value

You get what you pay for, I had no idea that it would be this bad, the shielding is next to useless, the braid is very thin and open, the wire is copper plated aluminium.This is bargain bucket coax as reflected in the price, if you need quality low loss cable, expect to spend five times more for the same length.I would not recommend this coax for normal RG58 use at all