[BC] Wave lengths (has migrated to coax construction)

[Dave Dunsmoor]

> On Monday 20 February 2006 15:50, Dave Dunsmoor wrote:
> > All this discussion on velocity factor, then coax construction caused me
to
> > wonder,
> >
> > 1)    could a broadcast version of triax be built,
>
>  Yes.
>
> > 2)    would it be practical and,
> >
> > 3)     would it be useful...?
>
>  Probably not.
>  The problem would be the connectors.
>  Getting the inner inner out where it could be accessed.
>  I suspect the connectors would cost more than a dual run
>  of conventional line.
>
>  I did have a theory once, about a similar senario, where the inner most
>  carrier would be a fiber.
>  Again, a connector problem.
>
> -- 
> Cowboy

    Yeah, the connectors seem to be the first practical obstacle. But I'll
bet a beer that it could be worked out if there were a reason for wanting
this to be. Either the RF or fiber version.

Dave