Hi Tony,

Then you are suffering from one of two problems:
1. Your measurement is seriously in error, or
2. Your cable is from a very poor vendor, or
3. You have reported the wrong type of coax.

Look at http://hongsencables.hisupplier.com/...TFE-Cable.html and
you will see that the RG-179 cable has a Direct Current Resistance (DCR) of 800
ohm / kilometer, that is 0.8 ohm per meter, exactly what I measured. That is the
normal resistance value for a 7-wire stranded copperclad conductor, each wire
having a 0.1 mm diameter.

Should you think that the Chinese firms are poor vendors, then read the
characteristics of the US-made RG-179 built by Belden on
http://us.100y.com.tw/pdf_file/Belden%2083264.pdf, where they report a
resistance of 244 ohm per 1000 feet, that again corresponds to 0.8 ohm meter.

Regards

Tony