[TowerTalk] Teflon Coax with Center That's NOT SCCCS?

jimlux jimlux at earthlink.net
Tue Jan 16 08:31:36 EST 2018


On 1/15/18 10:13 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> All the 0.195-in o.d. TFE coax cables I can find have a center conductor 
> that is silver-coated copper-coated steel. This is fine above HF, but 
> it's not great for 160M and 80M, where the steel is contributing to loss.
> 
> Can anyone point me to a 50 ohm TFE 0.195-in o.d. cable whose center is 
> NOT coated steel?
> 
> Likewise, they all have a solid center with a 2-in bend radius. Anyone 
> know of one with a smaller bend radius?
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
> 
> 

Original RG-58 (not A, B, C) is solid copper center conductor. Don't 
know about bend radius, and since the dielectric is polyethylene, I 
don't know that I'd want to bend it too tightly.


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