On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 20:35:23 -0800, Roy Lewallen
wrote:


Most interesting! The cable I've been measuring has been kept in a coil
of about 3 feet diameter, but squeezing and handling it has reduced that
to probably about a foot or so at times. But I don't recall the coil
size when I received the cable, and of course I don't know anything
about how it was handled between the manufacturer and delivery to my
home. This might be an explanation for the variablility. I did hear from

Further, you may not know the manufacturers specifications for minimum
bending radius to preserve operating characteristics.

When I went to the Davis site, I found a table of losses for several
cables including BuryFlex, but it did not state the length. I assumed
that the length was 100' from the losses quoted for some other cables.
The VF (82%) was buried in text, and I found no explicit information
on Zo, mechanical properties, bending restrictions, operating
temperatures etc. Some properties may be implied by description as an
RG8 type cable, but min bending radius is likely to be larger than a
solid dielectric / no foil cable.

Perhaps there is spec sheet there somewhere, it didn't leap out at me!

Owen
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