On 4/8/2012 2:58 PM, David Christ wrote: > These are described as having 48% aluminum > braid shield. I normally expect to see 95-97% copper.
So would I. > Is this an issue or not? Yes, it's an issue. I would expect this to be braid plus foil, for use at VHF/UHF in receiving systems. On the HF bands it would be rather lossy and poorly shielded. 73, Jim K9YC ______________________________________________________________ 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
