Not only do i remember the frozen yellow hose, I still have my vampire tap drill/tool...now finding it may be another matter...:)
On Jul 30, 2012, at 18:53, Chris Albertson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Sylvain Munaut <[email protected]> wrote: >>> 10 mHz >> >> Please use MHz ... >> >> 10 mHz is 10 milli-hertz, ie 1 cycle every 10 second. >> >> >> An yes, ethernet not being coax cables, I'd expect them to act as >> antennas quite a bit ... > > He said "old" Ethernet cables so I assume he meant 10Base2 cable which > is RG58 with BNC connections. > > Or the even older 10Base5 cable. But the old 10Base5 would never > leak. It was made from RG8 but with an additional shield braid cover > and they never cut it, signals were taken with "vampire taps". Or at > the feed end where they used type N connections. I wonder how many > people here remember the old 10base5 stuff. We used to call it > "Frozen yellow garden hose". It was a perfect description. I think > it was about 1980. And I still remember being astounded when I saw > that a "vampire tap" could work. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
