[R-390] Interesting Twinax connector/balun

[Bob Camp]

Hi

The twinax to twisted pair converters were a very common way to cost  
reduce an IBM LAN. They date to an era when 5 or 10 MHz was high  
speed for data.

Bob


On Feb 1, 2007, at 3:26 AM, Transmaster wrote:

> Found this interesting twinax adapter.  it is a a twinax connector to
> which a balun has been attached to let you use regular "twisted pair"
> telephone wire.  This would be a cheap alternative to using regular
> twinax transmission cable for an antenna feed line. . looking at the
> top section of the balun it looks like there is a couple of screw
> lugs.  If this is what these two screws are for this would be a great
> place to attach some 300 ohm flat wire and use it as your feed line.
> This connector has a reasonable price $11.50.  The link is below
> change the Z's to W's so the link will work.
>
> ZZZ,pacificcable.com/Picture_Page.asp?DataName=BA3
>
>
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