Hi Mike,
You wrote to Robert White:
MB> RW> Does anyone know what the maximum transfer speed of RG-58 Co-ax
MB> RW> is?
MB>Well, my cellular telephone uses it, so I suppose it is at least 1000 MHz.
Spot on :-). The attenuation figures for all versions of RG58 are given
for frequencies from 1 to 1000 MHz in my Belden catalogue.
MB>If you are asking about 10Base-2 Ethernet, it is 10 Mbps (5 MHz).
MB>If you mean phase velocity, it is 0.66c for standard dielectric and 0.80c 
fo
MB>foam dielectric, where "c" is the speed of light in vacuum.
The Belden catalogue has 78% for foam dielectric versions (but what
difference does 2% of the speed of light make over 185 meters ).
George
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