At 06:42 AM 25/03/2010, you wrote: >The "high resistance wire" is nichrome. > >As I recall its attenuation is around 20 dB/100ft at 2m. I built an >attenuator using it about 35 years ago. It handled the maximum power >rating of the coax as long as the first 10 ft from the input was well >spread out to prevent build up of heat. > >There is a more modern version of this cable with the designation of >RG-221 or RG-222 (sorry I cannot find my Times cable handbook to verify >the number). It's attenuation is approximately the same. > >Burt VE2BMQ --------- Thanks Bert.. I remember using it even further back... Hadn't run across it ever since until this piece showed up. Another conversation piece I guess..
73 Doug
