95% coax ?

[xpawel15x]

I have a piece of RG58 coax that says 95% on it. What does the percentage mean? Does it mean that it looses 5% of signal?

 

[fineshot1]

Thats the percentage rating of shielding on the shield braid.

 

[fredg]

If it's RG58 it probably means it looses 95% of the signal

 

[kb2vxa]

Oh good grief, that's the percent of dielectric insulation the braid covers! To put it another way, 5% of the dielectric is uncovered.

EEEeeeh probably right, on scanner frequencies it looses 95% of the signal, it's only good for HF actually.