[TowerTalk] Resistance of RG-8 cable?

[Dennis OConnor]

As long as the coax is not waterlogged and the braid is not corroded there will be little to no change in loss factor for old coax - especially the solid polyethylene center insulator...  It may shrink slightly in diameter dropping the surge impedance a couple of ohms (you won't even notice) and it will get stiff... I had a couple of jumpers still in use in the shack from nearly 50 years ago that were like a piece of board...   Usually a new set of PL-259's and they are good for another 50 years... I tossed them out just recently because they were too stiff to move around, but they still took 1500 watts without complaint...


denny / k8do