At 07:16 PM 5/7/2009, you wrote: >The interesting thing about this cable is that it has a messenger >wire molded to the outside of the jacket. It is about # 10 gauge >steel. It is not wrapped around the coax, just to one side, about >0.2 inches away. When I say molded, I mean that messenger wire and >coax have the same black insulator jacket with a rib of the same >material between them.
That sounds like the stuff the local cable TV company uses for drop feeds to houses. No idea about what it is good for ... but the steel line is purely support. Larry Wagoner - N5WLW VP - PRCARC PIC - MS SECT ARRL
