John Popelish wrote:
wrote:
I've never once had cable fail from being wound on cores. I can't
imagine why someone would need to kink the cable.

I just found this rule of thumb that says coax should not be bent to a
radius smaller than 6 times the cable diameter.
http://www.wiremold.com/www/commerci...dex.asp?wpid=4

For RG-58 this comes out to about a 1.2 inch bend radius.

This spec for RG 58:
http://www.pacificcable.com/Picture_...?DataName=RG58
Specifies 1.25 inch minimum bend radius, only if there is no pull on
the cable. If the cable is tension loaded, they recommend it be
wrapped over a minimum 2.5 inch radius form.

That would get to be a pretty big coil on a toroid.