On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:41:50 -0700, Pilgrim wrote:

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"Steve Terry" wrote:

"Sandi" wrote in message
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Does the tinning-coating replace where copper would have been in
the overall wire and tinning is of higher reistence?
Is flexibility affected?


Tin has a much lower conductivity than copper, and as RF travels on
the surface of a conductor, it would attenuate RF and high frequency AC

Steve Terry

Is that why most, but not all, teflon insulated wire was silver plated?

Chuck P.


Wrong. The customer gets what the customer buys. If all YOU were
exposed to was SPC TFE, the THAT was ALL your employer was buying, you
dope. TPC was just as prevalent, despite the fact that it sucks on so
many levels.