[Elecraft] BNC to BNC 50 ohm cable source

Jim Brown jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Sun Apr 8 20:50:28 EDT 2012


On 4/8/2012 2:58 PM, David Christ wrote:
> These are described as having 48% aluminum
> braid shield.  I normally expect to see 95-97% copper.

So would I.

>   Is this an issue or not?

Yes, it's an issue.  I would expect this to be braid plus foil, for use 
at VHF/UHF in receiving systems.  On the HF bands it would be rather 
lossy and poorly shielded.

73, Jim K9YC


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