[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.
>

I think it's silver plated copper clad steel (SCCS) which is basically 
silver-plated copperweld. The silver is probably a very thin flash coat 
to make it more solderable, and the copper is the current carrying material.

if you google M17/112 you find a lot more datasheets out there.





> 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 ?
>
> Jim   VE7RF
>
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