Dear Cecil:

For us, in Argentina, the 75 ohms 3/4" "free tails" hard lines from
CATV installers, are great for VHF & UHF. Imported 50 ohms HL are very
expensive, and now RG-213 too (3 U$D/m) (and paymento for our jobs are
relative low in international currencies).

I have seen nice "plumbers delight" cheap and simple home made
connectors in a website (I try find its URL).

I don't know how many time its dielectric conserves its integrity but I
suppose it is more that a RG-8 survives in the atmospheric real
conditions.

73s

Miguel Ghezzi (LU 6ETJ)