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Re: [TenTec] Coaxial Ground

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] Coaxial Ground
From: Shawn Upton <kb1ckt@yahoo.com>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:44:12 -0700 (PDT)
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I thought most coax was right around 30pF per foot,
regardless of size--the characteristic impedance is
sqrt(L/C), and inductance is a weak function of wire
diameter.  So I don't think it'd matter what type of
dieletric, at least not too much.

Shawn KB1CKT

--- Stuart Rohre <rohre@arlut.utexas.edu> wrote:

> 
> The capacitance of coax per foot is pretty high, due
> to the solid 
> dielectric; it might be interesting to analyze the
> same run of coax, if it 
> were made of air dielectric coax cable.
> 
> Stuart
> K5KVH 
> 

Shawn Upton, KB1CKT

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