Re: [amsat-bb] For all you "umbrella geeks" including myself

[Margaret Leber <maggie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 04 September 2001 16:00, Pieter Ibelings wrote:

> It is a very flexible nylon cloth coated with copper and nickel.
> It is tarnish resistant and very very conductive. The name is
> Flectron. The conductivity is less than 0.1 ohms per square. The
> means that a square piece no matter how big will be 0.1 ohms from one
> end to the other. 

Hey! Let's make a nationwide power grid out of it! :-)

I'm having trouble making my head beleive this specification. Is it 
possible that the manufacturer only has a Radio Shack ohmmeter? 
Apparently this is ASTM Test Method F390-98 that's intended for doing 
acceptance testing on metallic films deposited on insulating 
substrates. I wonder if it's really approprate measure to use with this 
material. 

Sounds like useful stuff nonetheless. It's taffeta...suitable for 
curtains and prom dresses. But the primary use seems to be for 
EMI/Tempest shielding; keeping embarassing QRM out of the wireless 
mikes in a theater, for example. It's evidently frequently applied 
almost like wallpaper.  

The "Black Helicopters" crowd probably makes hats out of it to keep NSA 
from reading their thoughts, too. :-)  

I hope it reflects efficiently; looks like it's intended to *absorb* as 
much as possible. 

73 de Maggie K3XS

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