Although MIL-C-17 (now known as MIL-DTL-17) is a U.S. Government specification, coaxial cables are used in a wide range of military and commercial applications. See Harbour’s article: http://www.harbourind.com/upload/photos/26342MPD_Article.pdf What are the largest markets or applications for MIL-DTL-17 cable?
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Questions and Answers
Many of us here at Harbour Industries have been selling, designing, and manufacturing coax cable for quite some time, but we still have many unanswered questions. We’ll be asking OUR questions, and we will be answering YOUR questions. Please take a look at the questions below and feel free to offer your comments.
Question – Coaxial Cable Applications
April 30th, 2010Question Mil-C-17?
April 29th, 2010Wikipedia tells us that “Coaxial cable was invented by English engineer and mathematician Oliver Heaviside, who first patented the design in 1880.” But does anybody know when and why the U.S. Government created their own “MIL-C-17” specification?
http://www.dscc.dla.mil/Programs/MilSpec/ListDocs.asp?BasicDoc=MIL-DTL-17