On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 3:50 AM, Michael Watterson wrote= : > On 03/03/2011 21:11, Manu Abraham wrote: >> Other than that, there would be Line Amplifiers/Drivers driving those >> cables Those cables do look cheap/thin (probably), unlike the rather >> thick low capacitance/loss cables. In some cases, coiling cables can >> act as an attenuator in cases of overdrive at the consumer equipment >> side Simple thing, but works well. > coiling doesn't affect the actual signal at all. Only common mode. It sure does. http://www.ham-radio.com/k6sti/balun.htm --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .