CB-174TPR-50 is a 50 foot (15.24 meter) roll of RG174 flexible (TPR jacket) 50 ohm stranded core cable. 50 ohm cable, connectors, and adapters are commonly used in wifi (802.11 wireless LAN) antennas, ham tranceivers, and other radio frequency (RF) analog and digital signaling, microwave, radar, hi-fidelity professional audio, non-destructive testing (NDT), oil and petroleum production, ultrasonic transducers, accelerometers, strain gauges, and some professional video applications.

This cable has a thermoplastic rubber (TPR) jacket (also known as thermoplastic elastomer or TPE). This material is softer and more flexible than a standard PVC cable jacket, even at low temperatures. TPR is resistant to petroleum oils, many chemicals, ozone, and other environmental contamination sources. TPR-jacketed cables weather well and are abrasion-resistant. They are not cut-resistant or built to withstand longitudinal tension, so should not be buried or used in umbilical tether applications without additional protection.

You've likely seen TPR before -- it's the high-friction, rubbery material used as the jacket for many test bench leads and patch cables. The flexibility makes TPR-jacketed cables popular for use with handheld sensors and probes; we see them used a lot with ultrasonic contact transducers and eddy current probes. The flexibility and small bend radius of these cables makes them ideal for use with microphones, DF antennas, and other handheld or wearable devices, in robotic or mechatronic remote control and telemetry, automated or CNC machines, and precision motion control. Popular outdoor uses include flightline, oil rig, pipeline inspection, arctic, and other extreme environment applications where flexibility at low temperature is important.

RG174 Specifications