[TowerTalk] Current choke beads

Richard (Rick) Karlquist richard at karlquist.com
Sat Jul 28 12:04:17 EDT 2007


> If a cable is jacketed with a material that feels slippery like PTFE, 
> but is even tougher and also more transparent (true PTFE is white), that 
> is almost certainly one of the FEP family.
 
Thanks for explaining that Ian.  I was never clear on what the difference
was.

AFAIK, FEP jackets are extruded while PTFE jackets are spiral wrapped.
The spiral wrapped stuff is stiffer and undesirable for winding around
toroids.

Rick N6RK


More information about the TowerTalk mailing list