From: liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid   
      
   Gerhard Hoffmann  wrote:   
      
   > Am 23.01.26 um 19:50 schrieb Cursitor Doom:   
   >   
   > > Are you *sure* it's standard RG58? No suffixes/prefixes? Does it   
   > > physically  (I mean from visual inspection) conform to the published   
   > > specs if you peel back the layers and have a good look? And preferably   
   > > a measure-up.   
   >   
   > There is no standard for RG58. There was one defined in WWII but it   
   > has been withdrawn some eons ago. Nowadays you can write RG58 on just   
   > about everything. The first thing to get worse was the amount of   
   > copper in the shield. See-thru now.   
      
   Definitely short of copper but, presumably. this is compensated by the   
   use of foil which completely covers the dielectric.   
      
      
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