[TowerTalk] Fwd: Fwd: hardline bending radius

[Steve Maki]

You probably have Commscope P3 500 or something very similar. Here are 
the specs for P3 500:

http://www.tvcinc.com/downloads/CommScope%20P3%20500-2.pdf

Minimum bending radius is given as 6".

-Steve K8LX

On 11/20/2012 11:02 PM, Hans Hammarquist wrote:

> Hi Jim,
>
>
> No, I don't have a part number. I purchased a roll (of 442 feet) at
> an antique auction for $1. Nobody know what it was. As it couldn't be
> used as a water pipe most people found it useless. :-) The jacket is
> solid black without any marking. I measured the loss of 1.2dB @ 65Mhz
> for the 442 feet length I have. (I am not sure about this measurement
> as the cable Z=75 ohms but the analyzer is for Z=50 ohms.)
>
>
> The outside diameter of the aluminum shield is (pretty much) exactly
> 1/2 inch. The dielectric is foam. The center conductor fits very
> nicely inside the center pine of a PL-259. I seen the same cable used
> by cable TV companies as trunk cable.
>
>
> I will build a bending fixture myself. That's the reason I want to
> know the minimum bending radius. I don't want to build something just
> to find out it was wrong and have to build something else later.