On 3/18/21 6:07 AM, john@kk9a.com wrote:
I have no experience with RG402. It appears to be a little smaller
and it has a steel conductor. What RF properties are better?
John KK9A
More commonly known as 0.141" semi rigid (vs 0.085 and 0.047.. there's
even tinier ones, and a bigger one )
The center conductor is copper clad steel, so the copper is carrying the
RF, at least in the typical microwave application.
There's also some "formable" coax which is more flexible than semirigid,
but stiffer than typical flexible coax. The challenge with semirigid is
that the copper jacket work hardens on bending, so you sort of get one
chance to bend it to the shape you need.
We use them at work when you worry about leakage (solid shield doesn't
let much though), and when you want the cable to be "self supporting"
Máximo EA1DDO wrote:
Hi all,
I normally use RG400 for chokes on FT240 toroids.
Recently I've tryed RG402 semi-rigid coax cable, the "blue one".
RF properties are quite similar, in fact RG402 seems to be a bit
better than RG400.
Because RG402 is semi-rigid, is much easier to make tight turns on the
toroids, easier to work with.
After some months using it, HF bands legal limit amp, I can't see any
issue.
Just wondering if I am missing anything, or if someone else have tried
the RG402 coax.
Thanks
73, Maximo
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