John, >It's probably a mismatch loss, caused by deformation of the dielectric, >not a resistive loss. Once the deformation relaxes, the mismatch >disappears. The dielectric materials commonly used tend to relax rather >slowly. Some materials and constructions, however, relax much more >quickly.
Yep, that's what we concluded. The problem comes when you want to use the cable on an antenna mast moving between 1-4m in height. Regards, Rob - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
