km1h@juno.com wrote:
>
> You are way off Ian. RG-58C/U is rated at 1900V and RG-59B/U is rated at
> 2300V per MIL -HDBK-216. Those are the solid dielectric cables, not foam.
>
> >Still,
> >this is an area where a drop of a few volts doesn't matter, so long
> >as
> >the cable doesn't actually get hot.
>
> 70 or 80C depending if it is commercial or Mil rated for RG-58, only 60C
> for RG-213 per Belden catalog.
>
> 73 Carl KM1H
Reminds me of my early days when as a lad, I spent all my savings on a
brand new Johnson Viking Thunderbolt to go with my Ranger. Since the
piggy bank was empty, I decided to use RG-59 since it was so much
cheaper than RG-11. Everything was OK as long as I was on CW, but when
I ran the T-Bolt as an AM linear at about 500 watts, I noticed the RG-59
got pretty hot. Sure enough, one day after a long-winded QSO on 15 mx
AM, the dielectric melted enough that I got a direct short with all the
expected excitement.
I learned my lesson and switched to RG-11. Try as I might, I never was
able to melt RG-11 with the T-Bolt. That came with later home brew
amps.
73,
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