I use rg6 flooded for all my low band receive antennas. I usually get it
from dx engineering. I have had very good success with it in the midwest
buried and just on top of the soil. The flooded capability has mitigated
small rodent bites. Some of the antennas I use it with are: 4 square, k9ay,
beverage, bog, and dhdl.
Hope this helps. It is not cheap, however.
Mike
On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 10:06 PM Nick Hall-Patch <nhp@ieee.org> wrote:
> Haven't seen any response to this, James, and am probably not going
> to be much help.
>
> I've just used RG58 variants for up to 100' in permanent
> installations around the yard, 10 to15 years in some cases. One of
> them runs through about 70' of rigid PVC electrical conduit IPEX
> #032907 and is buried. Mind you, I've heard that although such
> conduit will keep the groundwater away from the coax, water vapor
> will condense inside, leading to a wet interior anyway. That coax
> still seems to work,so maybe it's dry...or maybe not.
>
> On DXpeditions, I've run over 500' of RG58 coax to DKaz'es and such,
> and not suffered particularly.
>
> best wishes,
>
> Nick
>
>
> At 22:26 2019-01-27, James Niven wrote:
> >I am curious as to what type of coax everyone uses for DKAZ antennas and
> >also general international shortwave band listening dipoles?
> >
> >It's time to revamp my antennas and I want to use the right cable that
> will
> >last for a while.
> >
> >
> >
> >I have read that RG-8U is good for long runs of a 100 to 150 feet, and if
> I
> >was to bury my coax, which is the best pipe/conduit to use to bring my
> >cables into the shack?
> >
> >
> >
> >thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >James Niven
> >
> >Austin, Texas
> >
> >
> >
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