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Old July 8th 07, 12:05 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna,sci.electronics.components
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Default Is RG/6 center conductor copperweld?

Easy enough to find out- Take a magnet with you!
Years ago, had to deal with wire thieves, and they
could have saved US all, a lot of trouble, IF they
had done that! They even stole "Duplex" wire,
copperweld, that wouldn't even burn the insulation
off-- and was WORTHLESS (unless you needed a #14
power cord, 500 hundred feet long)! MOST Telephone
carriers, didnt even like that stuff (and they
topped out at around 40 KHz!! Jim NN7K



Tim Shoppa wrote:
Is the center conductor of the el-cheapo RG-6 found in home
improvement stores always copperweld? It seems to be 18AWG copperweld
but maybe I'm being naive...

Is this part of the RG-6 mil-spec, or just the way they make it today?

Tim KA0BTD