In a message dated 05/04/2000 2:13:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
rogereka@email.msn.com writes:
> Radiax has a similar appearance to Heliax. It is made by Andrew Corp. for
use
> in
> tunnels and underground mining caves as it has a continuous small void
area
> in the shielding allowing it to be fairly low loss, like heliax, but
radiates
> whatever RF signal it carries along its entire length. In applications
where it
> is used, it is common to use miles of it and just a dummy load on the far
end.
It's also known as 'leaky coax' but K7GCO already knew that!
Cheers, Steve K7LXC
Tower Tech
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