[BULK] - Re: [TowerTalk] Replacing coax question

[Steve Katz]

Re: Double shielding, usually it's not important at all.  However, there are
applications where single shielded cables hardly work, unless the shielding
is solid, like hardline.  One such application is in a duplex repeater
system.   Another might be when your station is located close to a high
powered broadcast station. -WB2WIK/6

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Rauch [mailto:w8ji at contesting.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 4:10 PM
To: Steve Katz; 'Bob'; Tower (K8RI); Alan C. Zack
Cc: towertalk at contesting.com; kk9a at arrl.net
Subject: Re: [BULK] - Re: [TowerTalk] Replacing coax question


> An advantage of LMR-400 or any similarly constructed cable
is that it's
> double shielded, and literally 100% shielded by the inner
foil shield.

Why is that important?