[Amps] How lossy is Nylon at 50 MHz?

[Sam Carpenter]

I have started fires with almost every end insulator but glass at one time
or another. That having been said, I was using them at the voltage point. I
am sure as a center insulator with a current feed point, it would not be
much of an issue. 

-----Original Message-----
From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Bill Turner
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 10:21 PM
To: amps at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] How lossy is Nylon at 50 MHz?

ORIGINAL MESSAGE: 
On Sat, 07 Jul 2012 20:32:50 -0500, you wrote:

>I was at a surplus house today, and they had a barrel full of kitchen 
>cutting boards  12x12x1 and whiteish-translucent in color.
>
>Wonder what chemical they might be ?
>
>Don W4DNR

REPLY: 
Almost certainly they are high-density polyethylene. I have used them as a
poor man's breadboard for power supplies and such, and they work fine, but
they have a low melting point and their RF characteristics might not be
adequate for high power stuff.. 

73, Bill W6WRT
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