[BC] Harris 50 om coax jumpers

[Mark Earle]

tosenkowsky at prodigy.net wrote:
>> Increase abrasion resistance (for some unknown reason)?
>> To cover up the fact that they buy their cable from Radio Shack? (heh)
>>     
>
> Please be serious here. This is NOT a humor
> message board! The additional heat shrink
> tubing ensures lower loss by sealing the
> outer jacket to prevent the escape of flowing
> electrons. Remember, the frequencies are much
> higher than AM and skin effect means the
> outer area is more important than the inner
> area of the cable. Sealing the outer jacket
> means lower loss, highre efficiency. Simple.
>
> Tom Osenkowsky, CPBE
>   
As an added benefit, it adds resistance to damage from rodents, at those 
sites where the rodent-check is done annually instead of weekly.

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