Originally I requested a source for various length of cables with SMA Male
on one end to plug into a HT (Kenwood TH-F6A) and the other end a PL-259.
Lengthy and comprehensive treads soon made me realize that the PL-259 would
be ill advised especially at UHF & higher. So I found some ready made cables
with SMA and N connectors. The only problem (if it's really a problem) is
those skinny cables they come in. Some claim that they are 50 ohms, another
RG-174. I don't know the other types. Do you think it will be alright to use
those narrow cables from my HT to an amplifier to my monitoring meter and
then use regular RG 8 to the base antenna? Will those skinny cables present
some kind of mismatch. You know it's almost impossible to solder a SMA
connector to an RG 8. Thoughts, please? Thank you.

Cordially,
west
AF4GC