Re: [IRCA] EWE Coax run

["CHARLES HUTTON" <charlesh3@xxxxxxx>]

Careful with that RG6 - it comes in many flavors and some is rated for 
direct burial and some is not.


Chuck


>From: mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx (Patrick Martin)
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>Subject: Re: [IRCA] EWE Coax run
>Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 23:31:36 -0800
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>Dennis,
>
>I use RG6 as I can buy that locally. I buy the swept RG6 that they use
>for DBS Satellite TV. It can be directly buried. Most of mine run under
>the house to the backyard. Only about the last ten feet is buried.
>However, my latest EWE, I have about 40 feet of that buried. The first
>leg, I ran it through PVC pipe to protect it, as it runs through the
>middle of the yard.  I used to use the cheap RG59, but I had trouble
>with burying it. Moisture does get into it. The RG6 is only a bit more
>and it lasts and lasts. Right now I have 4 antennas, and all fed with
>RG6 with matching transformers. I recently spent $86 inc shipping for an
>Alpha Delta switch, so I get great isolation between the antennas. I
>have been feeding through the TUN4 and it has such poor isolation. An
>unused terminal would give me S9 in leakage from like KXL or KGO. Now,
>on unused terminal using the Alpha Delta gives zero s meter readings.
>Only the 3 locals are just barely heard, not enough to interreact. Maybe
>that too has had an effect on the directivity of the beverage.
>
>73,
>
>Patrick
>
>Patrick Martin
>Seaside  OR
>KAVT Reception Manager
>
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