[time-nuts] 5065A Rb Cavity RX - Varactor repair

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

On 10/23/2020 3:52 PM, paul swed wrote:
> Corby
> I have run into issues with the older coax essentially rotting internally.
> It allows teh center conductor to tough the outer in the worst case. Is

FWIW, in those days HP had its own internal shop
that made wire and coax.  This situation could
account for coax "rotting" due to substandard
processes inside HP.  IMHO, this shop was justified
more by the act of customizing, rather than quality.
This could be color coded coax, that is unobtainable
in the merchant market.  They could make triple shielded
coax that is similarly unobtainable.  Also, the famous
mint gray RG-58 double shielded lab jumpers.  Fortunately, when
it came to custom connectors for the custom coax, they
contracted it out to connector vendors, AFAIK.

Rick N6RK