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Reg wrote:
"From LF to VHF it is ALWAYS power dissipated in conductor resistance which limits the power handling capability of the line. Voltage has nothing to do with it. Above VHF dielectric loss becomes be the limitation. " Always? Hardly. Transmission of pulses with low duty cycle will get you to voltage-limited operation pretty quickly. Transmission of power to a high-resistance load where the line is a very small fraction of a wavelength long may get you into voltage-limited operation. Those perhaps aren't typical ham applications, but they do happen in practice. Also, though the cable itself may not have trouble with the applied voltage, the connectors at the ends may. They're generally rated for much lower voltage than the line itself. Also, for the small-diameter (nom. RG-58 size) cables I've been using lately, conductor loss exceeds dielectric loss out past 10GHz. YYMV. Cheers, Tom |
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