S/36 is back on ebay...

[Alexandre Souza]

> Since twinax is shielded twisted pair, is a BALUN necessary? For a while, 
> I used one twisted pair from about 50ft of ethernet CAT5 cable to connect 
> the S/34 in my garage to a terminal in the house. The connectors on each 
> end were two finish nails selected for the correct diameter. Worked fine 
> while I was play with it.

    Twinax was a two-core coaxial cable...But it was so hugely expensive 
(and hard to pass thru tubes) that almost all installations used BALUNs.