Re: Any German speakers here?

On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 19:03:52 GMT, Joerg
<notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hello Paul,
>
>Ok, Rene has translated it already. But I'd be careful when buying old
>coax for RF lab gear. Depending on where it has been the innards may or
>may not be that fresh. In the past I have seen some coax that had been
>used outdoors and had gotten a good soaking. At least I'd give the
>seller a ring to check on that.
>
>If you need 50ohm coax why not go to the next ham shop and buy a length
>of new RG58?

A guy in the States that does a lot of metrology stuff e-mailed me and
advised me to avoid RG58/RG8 and such like as it's not made to any
decent degree of tolerance/precision. The stuff I'm bidding on is
exactly the type he recommended for interfacing the VNA with the T/R
bridge. There's not much on offer, but sufficient for my purposes,
fortunately!
--

"What is now proved was once only imagin'd" - William Blake
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