[BC] Kevlar cored wire?

[Kent Winrich]

We use it in Army Short Wave long wire antennas.  Or so I think.
Personally, if it is Kevlar, I think it is a little over kill.

Kent Winrich
BAE Systems
and
Assured Technologies


On 2/26/07, Ron Youvan <ka4inm at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > I have someone tell me that we are using a wire that has a Kevlar core with
> > silver "shield" (the real conductor) around it.
>
> > Has anyone ever heard of that?  Or is someone pulling my leg and we have
> > just a fiber cored wire?
>
>   Well "fiber cored wire" describes "wire that has a Kevlar core with silver
> `shield' (the real conductor) around it" pretty well.
>   I never heard of such a thing, and can not think of a reason to make
> such a thing to improve strength, conductivity or flexibility.
>   We have products for all of the special application that we run into,
> as far as I know.
>   Where did it come from?  What is it being used for?
> Have you split a piece open to see what is how it is constructed?
> --
>    Ron  KA4INM - I think I could live on my pay if
>                 governments didn't take half!
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