Topband: RG-6 Delay cables

[Lee STRAHAN]

Robin WA6CDR mentioned this to me in an earlier exchange this AM. It was not me. Should have mentioned that before. Sorry Robin, You the Man!
Lee   K7TJR

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard (Rick) Karlquist <richard at karlquist.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 2:00 PM
To: Lee STRAHAN <k7tjr at msn.com>; topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: RG-6 Delay cables



On 4/8/2020 1:28 PM, Lee STRAHAN wrote:

>     Even if the copper center conductor expands, the way the cable connectors are made allows the copper to simply push in the connector  past the connection point maintaining its physical length.

Very astute.  You may have explained this paradox.
I didn't think of this type F effect.  Some type N connectors also work this way.

73
Rick N6RK