[TowerTalk] 75 OHM cable

[Steve Katz]

It's great stuff but requires the use of crimp connectors.  You can't solder to the aluminum braid conductors.

This is the "pole to pole" cable that most cable TV service providers use if they are not using 75 Ohm hardline.  It's also often used in rural residential drops, where the run is too long for RG6 cables (too lossy).  It's very strong, since it has to support itself on spans of hundreds of feet between poles, even when covered with ice.  It has a messenger cable molded into it, and the coax "hangs" from the messenger; this particular cable has a .109" steel messenger that can support 1800 lbs!

Nothing wrong with this cable at all, other than it's kind of "stiff" and you need to use crimp connectors.

I've used it plenty of times.

WB2WIK/6



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Jim Brown
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 3:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] 75 OHM cable


What's the shield material?  What frequency? 

Jim K9YC

On Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:40:21 -0500, Jim Valdes wrote:

>Does anyone know or have some experience with the power handling 
>capability of TFC-T10 cable manufactured by Times Fiber Communications? 
>I have a length and was wondering if it would be suitable to run out to 
>the tower for HF/6m use? I've attached some information, it's the 11 
>series cable - the center conductor is # 14 and the overall OD on the 
>jacket is ~ .410 inch.

>Thanks!!
>Jim, WA1GPO

>http://tonercable.net/Files/ProductFiles/76/PDFFile/TFC-T10%20DROP.pdf

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