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From: Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net>
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Subject: Re: Dressing RG6
Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 17:18:49 -0000 (UTC)
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Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> 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 

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