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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Do you have any ideas on what the cable was called ?

I have tracked down Twinax.

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The Technical Manager

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

Unfortunately no. The stuff used at the TV station was likely special made-to-order cable used by the Bell System and/or AT&T Long Lines - around 1960 or so - this was way before the breakup. In 1997 we moved to a new building, so I don't have any way to even look at the cable.

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     Tony Newman 
     Springfield, OR
     USA
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Tony Newman

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