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Default OK to use TV coax for microphone?

On Sat, 03 May 2008 19:39:45 +0100, Walt Davidson
wrote:

On Sat, 03 May 2008 11:05:41 -0700, Kevin McMurtrie
wrote:

TV coax is very brittle. The inner wire is copper-plated steel and the
outer shield is aluminum wire and aluminum foil. It will quickly crack
where it meets the connectors.


What planet do you live on? I have never seen TV coax as you
describe. Coax with copper-plated steel inner conductor is mostly
used as data cable (ethernet).

73 de G3NYY


The stuff with foil is higher quality, used mostly for satellite dish
feeder. TV coax is just a copper inner with about half a dozen fine
strands for a screen.

d

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