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Re: [TowerTalk] weird coax

To: K1TTT <K1TTT@arrl.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] weird coax
From: George Dubovsky <n4ua.va@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:46:29 -0500
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Dunno, Dave, but I ran into something that sounds like that, about 30 years
ago. The center conductor was something with measurably higher resistance
than copper. I was told it was for making delay lines - useless for normal
transmission line use.

73,

geo - n4ua

On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 10:13 AM, K1TTT <K1TTT@arrl.net> wrote:

> Grabbed some stuff they were going to throw away at work. no type marked on
> it, only mfg info is "IT&T Federal Cable REC".  Looks almost new so thought
> it might be good for something.  About the size of RG-6, but has thinner
> center conductor, partial air dielectric, and very tight single layer braid
> shield.  Odd part is that it has very high loss. maybe some kind of early
> version of RG-126 or RG-301??  Any idea what this might be used for?
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