Rick Lutzinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang
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At 05:52 AM 12/6/2005, Ron Wagner wrote:
Folks,
I have encountered a strange issue here in the shack. I have a spool of
coax which has been with me for 20 odd years. When I went to make
jumpers, I find that the copper shield is kind of sticky. It would seam
that the outer shield has "leached" into the inside of the coax. Is this
coax any good? I don't think the coax was exposed to weather, other then
storage in an unheated garage. Is this normal? Is this what is called
contamination, as in non-contaminating coax?
Thanks for the off topic bandwidth.
73,
Ron
Ron,
Some direct burial type coax contains what is called "floodant" which is
used to prevent ingress of moisture and water thru small nicks or
cuts. This may be what you are seeing here. It is a sticky clear
substance. Gooey stuff. What coax is it and who made it?
Rick
Rick Lutzinger KD6ZR
Patterson, Georgia
Web Page: http://www.accessatc.net/~rjlutz/hampage.html
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