Richards wrote:
> Oh...shoot ... that sucks. Guess I am glad I sprung for the
It sure did! <:-))
> legitimate Times Microwave LMR-400 DB for my big vertical
> project.
Remember too that the CNT series by Andrew, the same people that make
Heliax is pretty good stuff. This is the price on real Times Wire
LMR-400 isn't all that more expensive at roughly 80 cents per foot.
(Give or take depending on where you get it).
> ( I did not mind the expense until I accidentally severed
> the line midway AFTER I had buried it... and had to dig it up and
> replace it immediately ... ouch... )
That's why I have a 3" PVC conduit underground from the tower to the
entry of the back of the house and another to the shop.
http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/cablebox.htm Right now the snow
is almost up to the new box on the side of the tower. I need to get the
photo up of that box and the snow. The old installation is at the top
while the new is farther down. The second row from the bottom shows a
photo with "The trench is filled" under it. At the back of the shop you
can see the end of a tower laying on the crushed rock. That tower is now
covered with snow.
>
>
> Guess it is just another example of where it pays to use good
> tools and good equipment. We know that big bag of snakes
> is often disguised as an ever loving blue eyed bargain. The key
> is knowing when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em, i.e. when
> to spend the big money vs saving with the economy stuff.
>
> I know you pardon my naiveté and inexperience, but would
> NEVER have anticipated water coming in through my coax!
>
Neither did I until I saw the water running out onto the desk.
Up to that point I was in full agreement with those who said the only
problem with 9913 was the failure to water proof the connections. I
found all the tape and compound on the ground looking like a piece of
expanded metal. That lighting strike removed all of the plating on
every connector at the top of the tower, made the top foot or so of the
repeater antenna look like an exploded cigar, and blew out the 7/8"
Heliax down about 20' from the antenna. It didn't hurt any of the other
antennas or cables. Except for the water running through it the 9913
wasn't hurt either.
Since I've gone to the elaborate grounding system I've had no more
damage although the tower has taken an average of 3 verified, direct
hits a year although there were none the past two summers. However I
hasten to add that when I took the remote antenna switch down the
connectors that were exposed looked pretty bad. Whether it was from
coronal discharge,or the stuff we breathe up here I don't know. I did
have to replace all of the connectors on the switch though. (Mainly for
mechanical/plating reasons)
We are now up to 2.8" of fresh snow. However they've changed to an
advisory that expires at 7:00 AM so we may get lucky and miss what they
had planned on for tomorrow. It looks like it may be windy but most of
it may go to the South of us.
73
Roger (K8RI)
> To be forewarned is to be forearmed.
>
> ================== Richards - K8JHR ===================
>
> Roger (K8RI) wrote:
>>
>> saying the water flowed all the way through the cable .....
>>
>> Yup, between one and two cups worth. 9913 is like a pipe with a
>> center conductor suspended by a spiral.
>
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>
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