on 10/7/02 4:09 PM, Steve Katz at stevek@jmr.com wrote:
> The "failure" has nothing to do with frequency, or an impedance bump. The
> failure is dielectric breakdown that occurs with high power operation and a
> pinched dielectric. It's happened thousands of times, to lots of people,
> and it's one of the several reasons that no "soft dielectric" cables are
> included in MIL-C-17.
I understand that. I've never seen it happen with any of the setups that I
have done. Maybe I'm just careful about my cable runs.
73,
Jon
NA9D
-------------------------------------
Jon Ogden
NA9D (ex: KE9NA)
Life Member: ARRL, NRA
Member: AMSAT, DXCC
http://www.qsl.net/ke9na
"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
|