Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.supernews.com!news.supernews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 00:31:39 +0000 From: John Larkin Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Dressing RG6 Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 17:29:47 -0700 Organization: Highland Tech Reply-To: xx@yy.com Message-ID: <5e084j1udr196ubh0ilusiglpj9e6iabme@4ax.com> References: <20240514b@crcomp.net> <66h74j1vfmbjvvl98jk1k017pimtinv2l5@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.1/32.783 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 51 X-Trace: sv3-X2m+IhvmdLkYtiUfQyVY0X96WRMz2etX0fkLHbu2jWKeo3ao5n4FyhibY+2+sONTahkgEzQuRIT29l2!umgN/jKsGVPl53p+We2UqA9Dxt2T3KhT1RZkQBJKG8mpid0B5Mgbu1Gosuq5/DHcInhp4E6KGzdl!A9k11Q== 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: 2879 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. > >Cheers > >Phil Hobbs Why can't he just use tie-wraps? Or hot-melt?