On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 19:30:03 GMT, "Phil" wrote:

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|"art" wrote in message
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| I was just given a coil of 7/8 hardline coax that I have not seen
| before.
| It has plastic discs inside to separate the core from the outer
| aluminum tube which I suppose uses air as the dielectric. Anybody got
| any info on this stuff
| and any advantages it may have over the normal hardline cable?
| Regards
| Art
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|Look on Google for "fused disc" AND "cable".
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|Most Cable TV companies stopped using it when they started using frequencies
|above 300 MHz.
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|This cable acts as a filter around 350 MHz.

How so?