[TowerTalk] RG-304 for CMC ?

[jimlux]

On 4/24/16 10:20 AM, Jim Thomson wrote:
> Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2016 13:07:22 -0400
> From: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk at tm.net>
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] RG-304 for CMC ?
>
> Center conductor is silver plated copper strands with a steel core which
> I'd never seen before.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
> ##  Nope.  Look at http://www.caledonian-cables.co.uk/Coaxia_Cable/M17_RG/RG304.html
> It clearly depicts the center conductor as solid in their cross sectional diagram.  The only silver plated copper
> strands are the  two braids.   I wonder how much this stuff sells  for ?
>


diagram is inconsistent with the table. Table says PTFE, diagram says PE 
dielectric.  It's probably PTFE.

You could probably figure out the plating thickness if you look at the 
attenuation vs frequency curve.