In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hal Murr
ay writes:
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>> I can confirm that the choice of 75 Ohm for telecom use indeed is
>> because of the low attenuation.  The first use of coax was for
>> "Carrier Frequency" systems, where a number of telephone conversations
>> were AM modulated on individual carriers, usually 4 kHz apart. 
>
>What's the attenuation mechanism?

I have no idea, but I recently read about the introduction of coax
in the Danish tele networks and it was said in so many words that
75 Ohms had a significantly longer reach.

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