[ARC5] Collins stuff and RCA jacks

Todd, KA1KAQ ka1kaq at gmail.com
Tue May 14 14:51:20 EDT 2013


On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Glen Zook <gzook at yahoo.com> wrote:

> One of the reasons that the RCA has minimal "impedance bump" is that the
> shielding on RG58/U or RG8/U can be attached to the connector while
> maintaining the integrity of the spacing of the cable.
>
>
But the "impedance bump" isn't going to mean "diddly" at "HF" at that
"power level" anyhow, as mentioned by someone else earlier. Likely had
"nothing to do" with Collins' "choice" to go with the RCA.


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