[TowerTalk] weird coax

[K1TTT]

the construction is similar, but this is thicker than rg-62 and the center
conductor is not 22ga copper or copper/steel like rg-62.  This  stuff is
definitely intentionally lossy, the center conductor is very high resistance
material like nichrome and only 26-28ga.

David Robbins K1TTT
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-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Mainhart [mailto:mainhart at triad.rr.com] 
Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 20:32
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Cc: K1TTT at ARRL.NET
Subject: Re: weird coax

That sounds like RG-62, a 93 ohm coax that was used a long time ago for one
of the LAN standards of the time. Center conductor is lying inside a poly
tube?

This coax was also used in automobile AM radio antennas ... and I've used it
for an impedance transformer for a turnstile antenna.

73,

Rick
NM3G