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Old September 12th 06, 05:24 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Jeff Jeff is offline
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Default Make your own hardline?

There is an apocryphal story that 50 ohms started out as a common impedance
for coax because that happened to be the number that came out using common
British copper pipe sizes.

73
Jeff