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[TowerTalk] Coax breakin? (fwd)

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Coax breakin? (fwd)
From: twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com (Scott Bullock)
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 05:12:04 -0400 (EDT)
WWWhhhhhooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaa boy ! We need sunspots and quick ! :)
Wonder how many people didn't put two and two together and got reeled in by
this one. Better yet, how many over the course of the next 20 years will
read an old issue and not realize it's a joke?? 

>
>I will be erecting a new antenna system soon for HF operation.
>However, I noticed an April 1997 article in QST that mentioned coax
>feed-ins should be 'broken in'. The author advised to DC current
>harden the center conductor and sweep varing AC signals. Also, he
>mentioned that one should pull or tension the cable, so as to reduce
>mechanical resonances. 
>
>To those Nasa engineers or other experts, is this really necessary
>(supposely reduces back ground noise)?


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