There was an article in QST some 10 years ago or so concerning losses in
coax cable. I believe the author was employed at Amphenol but not sure.
I was interested in his statemant that the dominant loss in coax cables,
in the HF range, was I squared R loss in the center conductor, not in
the dielectric. This is due to current concentration at the surface
caused by skin effect. I wonder if someone could check their old QST's
re this?
73, Dan, N5AR
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