Originally Posted by
Jcmichaels
Yes i have you really only find it in high end antennas. Really really old rg 59 antenna cables also use a copper shield and conductor.
Generally the coax used by cable tv companies have center conductors that are made of copper coated steel wire.
As a whole scrap yards will not buy coax for copper bearing material. You may be ok with putting it in the shred pile.
Communication coax often has both copper center conductor and copper shield. Often the shield on this type of coax is silver in color. If you hit it with a file you will see the copper color underneath. If you have a
wire stripper and a good supply of this type of coax you will find them easy to strip. 73, Mike
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