Re: OK to use TV coax for microphone?

In message <amfq141tcfosufvn33kslqmt4s0mss3hqu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Jeff Liebermann 
<jeffl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>On Sat, 03 May 2008 21:23:08 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
><mike.terrell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>Use a magnet, and see for yourself. The copper plating smears
>>when cut with dykes, and makes the coated steel appear to be solid
>>copper.
>
>Trivia:
>  Dike = Diagonal Cutters
>  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagonal_pliers>
>  Dyke = Lesbian
>  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyke_(lesbian)>
>  Dyke or Dike = Earthen wall or dam
>  <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dike_%28construction%29>
>
>Methinks "dikes" would be the correct spelling.
>

In the NE of England, 'dyke' also = 'ditch'.
 From Wiktionary:
Dike or dyke (construction), either a long wall or bank built to keep 
out the sea or enclose or separate land, or the ditch from which the 
material was dug, or the combination of the two.

Apologies for the digression....
-- 
Ian