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[AMPS] mini Teflon coax, the white stuff

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Subject: [AMPS] mini Teflon coax, the white stuff
From: g8gsq@qsl.net (Steve Thompson)
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 16:22:29 -0000

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From: Steve Katz <stevek@jmr.com>
To: 'skipp isaham' <nospam4me@juno.com>; amps@contesting.com
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Date: 12 February 2002 16:03
Subject: RE: [AMPS] mini Teflon coax, the white stuff
> ::The RG58-sized Teflon coax is RG142 (solid conductor) or RG400
>(stranded conductor).  The RG174-sized Teflon coax is RG178 or RG196, and
>the stuff that's a tad smaller than RG174 is RG188 or RG316.   All are PTFE
>with silver-plated conductors.  Don't use much of the "small stuff," it's
>extremely lossy (RG188, for example, is 16.7 dB/100' at 400 MHz.  Even 5
>feet has measurable loss.)
Very minor point - RG178 is .071" od, RG188 is .102"
Alcatel have cables called Filotex, which include .047" and .035" od. Quite
useful if you actively want attenuation to adjust drive level.

Steve


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