Rich, Coax with porous dielectrics can absorb the flux, changing the dielectric constant and characteristic impedance. The porous dielectrics can also absorb cleaning agents used to remove the flux. This absorption can extend about an inch into the coax. Alan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Peyton" <p2rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 5:54 AM Subject: [SI-LIST] Flux residue on coax cable > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="Windows-1252" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Hello All, > > What are the effects of flux residue on coaxial cables? > > Rich > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from si-list: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > For help: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu