In a message to All  Paul Williams wrote:
 PW>  All right experts, here comes another one to overload your
 PW> brain cells. :)   Picked up about 200'+ coil of coax at the local
 PW> flea mkt.  It's the size of rg-58/9, has a clear outer jacket, appears
 PW> to be 95% or better silver(coat) braid, has a bnc conn. on each end, and
 PW> the last known use was as a delay line for a radar test system.
 PW>  It has a paper label running the
 PW> entire lenght of it marked as follows,
 PW> FEDERAL CABLE - R.E.C. - DIV. OF I.T.T.  AN TYPE RG-55/U     005#### /FT
 PW>  the #### being 4792 through 5021. 
 PW> Obviously that's the length marks, but
 PW> I can't find anything on it.  The only
 PW> cable/coax guide I have at present
 PW> is a Belden master catalog from '87-'88, and it jumps fron RG-6 to RG-58
 PW> with nothing inbetween. :(  I'd *like* to use it for my 2mtr antenna run
 PW> but without any specs on it..............
 PW>  Thanks for any help on this one.
Nothing wierd about this one. It's a 50 ohm coax. I can say it is rather
good stuff as we use it here at the EMLab, KSC. Treat it like
RG-223. It's easy to work with like RG-58 only better.
-WS
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