Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.supernews.com!news.supernews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 03:53:01 +0000 From: John Larkin Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Dressing RG6 Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 20:51:09 -0700 Organization: Highland Tech Reply-To: xx@yy.com Message-ID: References: <20240514b@crcomp.net> <66h74j1vfmbjvvl98jk1k017pimtinv2l5@4ax.com> <5e084j1udr196ubh0ilusiglpj9e6iabme@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.1/32.783 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 61 X-Trace: sv3-mqJ6Q/HUZS7bleeRgQaxzatU2+Tw7eSeszcPmGaAkReqjAtDsLp76U8O9syyZ7+UfD8szFDDIAo+6A8!+knQq0XUD1v5l3NpRd3/SrPClakt5RpP++uKQG2dz9VIsGrq3wWbN04WH1B65CtyTQBMUYPXhjhu!CzlLdw== X-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/abuse.html X-DMCA-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3325 On Wed, 15 May 2024 01:52:34 -0000 (UTC), Phil Hobbs wrote: >John Larkin wrote: >> On Tue, 14 May 2024 21:46:35 -0000 (UTC), Phil Hobbs >> wrote: >> >>> John Larkin wrote: >>>> On Tue, 14 May 2024 19:22:12 -0000 (UTC), "Don" wrote: >>>> >>>>> Phil Hobbs wrote: >>>>>> Phil Hobbs wrote: >>>>>>> Don Y wrote: >>>>>>>> I've several short (a few feet) lengths of RG6 that I >>>>>>>> would like to "strongly coerce" into assuming a particular >>>>>>>> dressing. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Securing the cables to a stationary surface isn't practical >>>>>>>> without significantly lengthening them and distorting >>>>>>>> their "natural" routing. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> But, ISTM that I should be able to slip each cable into >>>>>>>> a comparable diameter copper (?) pipe and then use traditional >>>>>>>> tools to bend that pipe into the appropriate configuration. >>>>>>>> I'd have to observe constraints like minimum bend radius >>>>>>>> but are there other issues that I might "discover" down the >>>>>>>> road? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You?re planning to make a random- length shotgun balun. >>>>>> >>>>>> Bazooka balun. >>>>> >>>>> The parasitic capacitance created between coax and its metal armor can >>>>> open a Pandora's box of potential problems. >>>>> >>>>> Danke, >>>> >>>> Capacitance between the coax outer and the copper pipe? Proper coax >>>> shouldn't have any external field. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> If the whole system is really coaxial, that?s true. Leaky shields, ground >>> loops, and so on, will modify that. >>> >>> Depending on the application, you may or may not care. >>> >> >> Why can't he just use tie-wraps? Or hot-melt? >> >> > >What a simplistic suggestion! Thank you. The more one engineers something, the simpler it should get.