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 > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >IRCA mailing list > >IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > >http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > > >Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > >original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of > >the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > > >For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > > >To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > > Nick Hall-Patch > Victoria, BC > Canada > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > IRCA@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the > original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the > IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com > >
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