Baseband Coaxial Cable "Coax"

• digital transmission: 50-ohm cable

• central copper wire, insulting material, outer conductor, plastic covering

• high bandwidth

  1km cable gives ~10Mbps
  

• excellent noise immunity

• local area networks, long distance telephone

• connections require:

  T junction: cut wire and add T connector, vampire tap: connector drilled into uncut cable
  

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