[Milsurplus] Stranded or solid?

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Do you mean that the insulation was approximately the same outside diameter 
as RG-8/U and with a dull or semi-gloss black finish?

In a message dated 4/29/2010 10:42:16 PM Central Daylight Time, 
Telegrapher at att.net writes: 
> Back about 10 years ago i was stripping radios out of old birds down in 
> the boneyard which consisted of BC-348 and ART-13 types.  In the C-119 for 
> instance coming out of the transmitter and receiver was stranded #12 or such 
> that was covered with what looked like the insulation you would find in 
> RG-8 (older) type coax.  that went between radios,  From the transmitter the 
> same material went up to a knife switch (i have a couple of them).  From 
> there it would run through a type of standoff insulator to where ever the 
> antenna entered the fuselage.  Not always close to the transmitter like with 
> the ARC-5/SCR-274N series.  I may even have a few pieces of that out in the 
> shed.  
> 

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