The point made by Mosley was that the 9913 *style* coax can be crushed easily due to the material used for insulation between the center conductor and the shield. RG213 *style* coax does not suffer from that deficiency.
I suppose I could have looked up the MIL STD number of both the coaxes and referred to them in that way, but if I had done so, only experts in reading MIL STD numbers would have got the point. Thank you for passing on your knowledge regarding coax, Jim. 73, Tom Amateur Radio Operator N5GE ARRL Lifetime Member QCWA Lifetime Member On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:42:17 -0700, Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >On 10/22/2011 9:33 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> According to Mosley, the maker of many military antennas, that's why the >> military doesn't use it on the ground or in the ground. They use RG213, >> which >> will not crush when run over by vehicles with tires. > >That information is probably rather dated. Although RG-numbers used to >be a specification for cable (MANY years ago), they are now no more than >a generic description of size and impedance. You must get to a >manufacturer's part number and data sheet to know what a cable really is. > >73, Jim K9YC [snip] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
