"bpnjensen" wrote:


In this case, what does "non-contaminating" mean?

It means water won't cross through the jacket and contaminate the
dielectric and damage the conductors. Even the best coaxes, short of
hardline, "breathe" a little, which is where the contamination comes
from.

--
Eric F. Richards

"Nature abhors a vacuum tube." -- Myron Glass,
often attributed to J. R. Pierce, Bell Labs, c. 1940