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Thanks to all who have chimed in with their thoughts, very interested ideas
have been put forth.
I will keep reading and do some price comparisons.
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From: IRCA <irca-bounces@hard-core-dx.com> On Behalf Of Nick Hall-Patch
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2019 9:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Coax Cable Good to see that we've opened the flood gates on this topic, James. Rodent bites have never been an issue at my coastal location in western
Canada, and I forget that it can be a big issue elsewhere. OT: It's not like we don't have rodents, but perhaps they're all
fat and happy from the continual feeding they get here from little old
ladies of all ages and as many genders as floats your boat....they think
they're feeding just the fluffy squirrels and the cute little chickadees. The day I saw, in broad daylight, six large rats working a bird feeder a few
doors down made sure that I was never going to feed the wildlife, no matter
how senile I became. On the other hand, no rodent bites on the coax.... best wishes, Nick
At 12:35 2019-01-28, Mike Irizarry wrote:
>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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