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From: John Larkin <jjSNIPlarkin@highNONOlandtechnology.com>
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Subject: Re: Dressing RG6
Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 17:29:47 -0700
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On Tue, 14 May 2024 21:46:35 -0000 (UTC), Phil Hobbs
<pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> wrote:

>John Larkin <jjSNIPlarkin@highNONOlandtechnology.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 14 May 2024 19:22:12 -0000 (UTC), "Don" <g@crcomp.net> 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?