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Re: [TowerTalk] What coax is this?

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] What coax is this?
From: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2019 21:52:58 -0700
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On 8/6/2019 6:50 AM, Gedas wrote:
And. the conductors are Silver plated, copper clad steel.

Clarification for other readers. The center of RG142 is silver coated copper coated steel, the center of RG400 is stranded silver-coated copper. Both have double silver-coated copper braid shields.

Loss is about the same as RG58 -- in other words, fairly high. The principal virtue of these cables is their superior SHIELDING, which is a LOT better than most braided coax.  You only want to use this stuff for short jumpers.

I've been happy with at least two purchases of Harbour Industries RG400 that I've found on ebay from a US vendor.  Harbour Industries is based in VT, and has a presence across the border in QC. NA6O was happy with the RG400 he bought from China.

73, Jim K9YC

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