[TowerTalk] Dont use nylon zip ties on coax
Martin AA6E
aa6e at ewing.homedns.org
Tue Sep 5 22:16:49 EDT 2006
Also don't use a staple gun! I had some eager friends at a local
non-profit who
took it on themselves to install CAT-5 Ethernet in the building using
this method. A world of trouble at 100 Mbit/s...
73 Martin AA6E
>
>
> Relaying info from Belden and other coax manufactures. Don’t use zip ties,
> nylon or other wise and cinch them down tight. Every time you do that it
> changes the impedance by changing the diameter of the shield in relationship
> to the center conductor.
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