[time-nuts] Cables dor 10 mHz

[bownes]

Not only do i remember the frozen yellow hose, I still have my vampire tap drill/tool...now finding it may be another matter...:)



On Jul 30, 2012, at 18:53, Chris Albertson <albertson.chris at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Sylvain Munaut <246tnt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 10 mHz
>> 
>> Please use MHz   ...
>> 
>> 10 mHz is 10 milli-hertz, ie 1 cycle every 10 second.
>> 
>> 
>> An yes, ethernet not being coax cables, I'd expect them to act as
>> antennas quite a bit ...
> 
> He said "old" Ethernet cables so I assume he meant 10Base2 cable which
> is RG58 with BNC connections.
> 
> Or the even older 10Base5 cable.   But the old 10Base5 would never
> leak.  It was made from RG8 but with an additional shield braid cover
> and they never cut it, signals were taken with "vampire taps". Or at
> the feed end where they used type N connections.   I wonder how many
> people here remember the old 10base5 stuff.  We used to call it
> "Frozen yellow garden hose".  It was a perfect description.  I think
> it was about 1980. And I still remember being astounded when I saw
> that a "vampire tap" could work.
> 
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