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Subject: [TowerTalk] coax ID help
From: W4EF@dellroy.com (Michael Tope)
Date: Thu May 29 01:34:20 2003
This sounds like some kind of 0.500 inch CATV cable. The steel wire
is a messenger that is used to provide mechanical support when the
cable is hung above ground between utility poles. It is probably a 75
ohm cable. Are you absolutely sure the dielectric is solid and not a
foamed type? CATV cables typically use a foamed polyethylene
dielectric because the foamed dielectric will have lower loss than solid
dielectric.

73 de Mike, W4EF......................................................

> 2. One roll of cable with no markings at all. It appears to be a .500"
> cable, with solid aluminum center conductor, solid dielectric, and
a -solid-
> aluminum shield. The odd thing is that it is 'paired' with what seems to
be
> a steel wire in a single plastic jacket - the steel wire is offset .3-.5"
> from the coax - it kinda looks like twinlead, but one of the leads is on
> steroids...;-) This cable has also been out in the elements for some
length
> of time. Any idea what it is and if it would be useful to someone?
>
> thanks very much for your help! - 73 - jeff wk6i
>
>
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