-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Katz <stevek@jmr.com>
To: 'skipp isaham' <nospam4me@juno.com>; amps@contesting.com
<amps@contesting.com>
To: <amps@contesting.com>
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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