[TowerTalk] Hardline for stubs?

[Bob Otto]

Hello Robert,

That's really bad stuff......i would not use it for anything!!  Ya
know, best thing you can do with that trashy stuff -- for your own
safety -- is send it to me!  <G>

I'll take all ya got!

73's from.......

Bob Otto
N8NGA@one.net
Cincinnati, Ohio

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Sunday, September 17, 2000, 8:45:47 PM, you wrote:


RS> I have learned so much in the past seven hours thanks to everyone!  As I was
RS> preparing to start making stubs (to trap harmonics among other things) and I
RS> opened up the 3/4" CATV hardline, I noticed that under the PVC coating and
RS> the thin top layer of aluminum, not only was the dielectric not foam, but
RS> all there was was a little plastic "plug" inside about 1/4" long followed by
RS> about 1" of space (inside the hardline) followed by another 1/4" plug
RS> followed by another 1" of air and so on.  This is apparently what the local
RS> cable company is using.

RS> With all this "air" inside and very little dielectric, is this what I want
RS> to be using for antenna transmission lines and stubs?  The center conductor
RS> is quite thick but I am pretty unsure about all this air where I would think
RS> foam or something else should be.

RS> Your thoughts please?

RS> Tnx & 73

RS> Bob KQ2M


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