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To: hardspunned

I wonder what the diameter of this ten kilometer long fiber opic cable is????


4 posted on 03/08/2024 1:36:32 PM PST by Saintgermain
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To: Saintgermain
I wonder what the diameter of this ten kilometer long fiber opic cable is???

A very good question. One has to wonder at the sheer weight.

9 posted on 03/08/2024 1:50:33 PM PST by Sirius Lee (Tonight on The Bickersons... )
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To: Saintgermain

I wonder what the diameter of this ten kilometer long fiber opic cable is????
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Have you ever examined the TOW missile’s wire? We started using TOW’s when I was in, in the 70’s.


11 posted on 03/08/2024 2:02:25 PM PST by delta7
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Generally between 8 and 10 um for a single mode optical fiber. With outer cladding it’s variable.


41 posted on 03/08/2024 4:34:27 PM PST by Gaffer
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