Topband: Measured RG-6 Loss: Solid Copper vs. Copper Clad center conductor

[donovanf at starpower.net]

Hi Mike,

Obviously I had computers on my mind...

Yes, of course I meant to say quad-shield RG-6 CATV cable.   I'll provide the manufacturers and part numbers in a subsequent e-mail, but its just typical inexpensive ebay RG-6 CATV cable.

Inexpensive RG-6 with a copper clad steel (CCS) center conductor is much more widely available than solid copper, especially in desirable options such as a tough polyethylene (PE) jacket and flooded RG-6.  CCS looks like a reasonable choice except for very long cable runs on 160 and 80 meters.  A copper clad center conductor may be a problem if a device (e.g. a preamp or relay) is remotely powered through the coaxial cable.

73
Frank
W3LPL

---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:56:40 -0600
>From: Mike Waters <mikewate at gmail.com>  
>Subject: Re: Topband: Measured RG-6 Loss: Solid Copper vs. Copper Clad center conductor  
>To: topband <topband at contesting.com>
>
>   Hello Frank,
>
>   Thank you for this, but you meant "quad-shield" instead of
>   "quad-core", didn't you? I've never heard of coax with 4
>   cores, unless you mean the quad-coax stuff where the jackets
>   are all joined together.
>
>   Data on the coax companies and part numbers might be useful,
>   if you have it handy.
>
>   73, Mike
>   www.w0btu.com
>
>   On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 4:58 PM, <donovanf at starpower.net>
>   wrote:
>
>     copper clad steel (CCS) Quad-Core RG-6 coaxial cable.