Re: 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
> <mcmurtri@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>>TV coax is very brittle.  The inner wire is copper-plated steel and the
>>outer ****eld 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).

You want to see the crap which passes for rg58 at maplin electronics.



> 
> 73 de G3NYY

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