My issue with the steel conductor is that the copper can scratch off when using typical non-F type wall plates

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for home use.

This can't be good for RF, or any kind of long-term signal transmission performance, of any kind at AF or RF I'd think.

And, I doubt it's better than solid or braided copper on ANY kind of signal. Read the post that John Risch points too. Having read it it doesn't look very good for copper over steel now, does it?

Especially if it's easy to scrape the copper off. Steel is a shit-house conductor of signals. Yes?

Stronger? Is that really so important in cable that's going to be put in place and bent just once to do so?

It surely didn't become the way to go when copper prices rose sharply, did it, so when was the copper plated steel conductor introduced?

Anyone know?

In real/indexed terms in the late-mid 1970s say 1973. And again in the early 2000s.

Bullshit baffles lots of brains again, eh?!

:~)!

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Tim Bailey

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Topic - Antenna cable? Copper clad steel centre - for RG6 - WHY? - Timbo in Oz 04:18:09 07/25/12 (14)

RE the "shorting plug" - Jon Risch 22:37:52 08/04/12 (2)

With my OLDdddd AVO multi-meter how do I check it? - Timbo in Oz 00:17:30 08/05/12 (1)

RE: With my OLDdddd AVO multi-meter how do I check it? - rick_m 18:36:21 08/05/12 (0)

RE: Antenna cable? Copper clad steel centre - for RG6 - WHY? - rick_m 08:19:08 07/25/12 (10)

My issue with the steel conductor is that the copper can scratch off when using typical non-F type wall plates - Timbo in Oz 06:34:18 08/05/12 (0)

For RF use - unclestu 18:12:41 07/25/12 (8)

RE: For RF use - unclestu 18:23:00 08/02/12 (7)

RE: For RF use - rick_m 19:08:29 08/02/12 (6)

RF coax - unclestu 15:06:47 08/03/12 (5)

RE: RF coax - rick_m 22:04:24 08/03/12 (4)

RE: RF coax - Jon Risch 22:35:40 08/04/12 (3)

RE: RF coax - rick_m 09:04:42 08/05/12 (2)

RE: RF coax - Jon Risch 21:49:20 08/05/12 (1)

RE: RF coax - rick_m 12:23:55 08/06/12 (0)

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My issue with the steel conductor is that the copper can scratch off when using typical non-F type wall plates - Timbo in Oz 06:34:18 08/05/12 (0)

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