A google search for digiwave turned up cheap coax at walmart. I don't know how well copper clad steel holds up in the kHz, low MHz.
On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 5:01 PM, Bob Camp <kb...@n1k.org> wrote: > Hi > > Back a long time ago the people I was working with spent time looking > at the impedance of a variety of coax cables. The data they came up > with on some varieties of cable would suggest that cable is not an outlier… > > Bob > > > > On Jan 23, 2017, at 3:08 PM, jimlux <jim...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > On 1/23/17 9:16 AM, Bob Camp wrote: > >> Hi > >> > >> Nothing is ever simple if you dig deep enough: > >> > >> http://www.jensign.com/RG58U/ > >> > >> http://www.cliftonlaboratories.com/the_curious_case_of.htm > >> > > > > here's my guess on the curious case cable: it was mismarked by accident > at the factory (e.g. 93 ohm coax, marked as 50 because someone forgot to > push the button on the marking machine), and dumped in the scrap bin, and > then sold by someone who bought the surplus and just read the markings. > > > > Or, even sold as a whole spool, likely at a discount, to a > "knowledgeable buyer" who was willing to take it, mismarkings and all. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ > mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/ > mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
