[TowerTalk] Coax and asphalt shingle roofs

[Jim Brown]

On 7/20/2020 5:03 PM, Grant Saviers wrote:
> I had white marine grade RG8 laying on a metal barn roof in CA for about 
> 6 years and it yellowed a bit but otherwise sweeps fine.

A friend, VE0JS, gave me some "marine grade" RG8 that she no longer 
needed in thanks for some help I gave her figuring out noise issues on 
her boat. One day when I was measuring coax, I measured that piece. 
Electrically it was pretty lousy coax. It went to the dump.

73, Jim K9YC