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Re: [TowerTalk] RG-316 choke cables

To: "Bob Alexander" <realex@flash.net>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] RG-316 choke cables
From: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:41:17 -0800
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At 02:24 PM 2/1/2007, Bob Alexander wrote:
>RG316 is a .1" diameter cable with an unlikely 1250 Watt average power
>rating at 10 MHz.
>Has anyone used short lengths of this cable to make choke baluns for low
>band use?
>My searches have yielded no info.
>73, Bob, W5AH


It's used a lot for transmission line transformers.  The high power 
rating is because the insulation and dielectric has a high 
temperature rating, so even though it gets hot, it doesn't melt.



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