I'll take a stab at this question. Certain to be corrected if in error.
<grin>
Two reasons come to mind.
1. Since RF travels on the inside of the shield, there is less chance for
some to leak out; i.e. lower loss.
2. There is less chance for external RF to interfere with reception.
Keith NM5G
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[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tom Rauch
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 6:10 PM
To: Steve Katz; 'Bob'; Tower (K8RI); Alan C. Zack
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com; kk9a@arrl.net
Subject: Re: [BULK] - Re: [TowerTalk] Replacing coax question
> An advantage of LMR-400 or any similarly constructed cable
is that it's
> double shielded, and literally 100% shielded by the inner
foil shield.
Why is that important?
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