Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Phil Hobbs Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Dressing RG6 Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 17:18:49 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 19:18:49 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d92c3798f6c34d84e25791700b8b78e6"; logging-data="321099"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+IQtq3fxgWso+qfcRV6g8u" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:bww2Qm3CythJouc79SnGvyNmzPc= sha1:L36f4xliBq0TBc6XLdj+w8RysAw= Bytes: 1872 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. Cheers Phil Hobbs -- Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal Consultant ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics