Re: Twin cored co-axial cables

In message , Bob Myers writes

>> In a 1930s edition of the Bell System Technical Journal were two cross >> sectional views of co-axial cables with two centre conductors surrounded >> by a single screening braid enclosing both. > >Shielded twinlead, in other words. By definition, this is >NOT a "coaxial" cable. It's sometimes referred to as a >"twinaxial" - at least, that's what Belden calls it. Check out >their types 9250 (95 ohm), 9207 (100 ohm), or 9271 (the >classic 124 ohm). Such things are used for balanced lines that >have to be protected from crosstalk, etc.. > >Bob M. > >

You could also mooch around your local computer salvage place and watch out for IBM System 36/38 or AS/400 kit, they used Twinaxial cable, though I'm not sure of the impedance

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Clint
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Clint Sharp
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Exactly. Widely used in the telephone industry. We used to get them in 100m rolls, when I was still in that industry. Regards Johan Smit

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Johan Smit

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