Ethernet cable (Was: Sun3 valuations?)

Grant Taylor cctalk at gtaylor.tnetconsulting.net
Tue Jan 23 14:48:06 CST 2018


On 01/23/2018 01:39 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote:
> As can be seen in the photos, the 3Mb stuff (at least, the stuff we used) 
> was also solid. The diameter of the center was a little smaller on the 
> 3Mb than on the 10Mb; .16mm versus .23mm; not sure if that was just 
> happenstance, or what.

That (and the OD) sounds like standard manufacturer to manufacturer 
variation in different RG-8 grade cables that meet / fall within the 
electrical / transmission / physical specifications of RG-8 cable.

I expect that the "yellow hosepipe" as I've heard the 10 Mbps coax 
referred to as being a subset, possibly more stringent, of Radio Grade 8 
coax cable.



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