I would use 9913.. if I ran out of 1/2" water hose. Just remember to use hose
thread fittings, not PL-259.
Matthew Kaufman
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> On Oct 28, 2014, at 6:31 PM, "john@kk9a.com" <john@kk9a.com> wrote:
>
> I would not use Belden 9913 outdoors, especially if underground. Some
> years back I also purchase 9913 but I threw mine away because it was too
> susceptible to water ingress.
>
> John KK9A
>
>
> To: Towertalk Reflector <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Measuring Coax Length
> From: Mike Fahmie via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Reply-to: Mike Fahmie <wa6zty@yahoo.com>
> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 21:15:55 +0000 (UTC)
>
> Some years back, I purchased a 500' reel of Belden 9913 and used a bit
> here and
> there over the years. Now I needed four 70' runs to the base of my tower but
> didn't know how much 9913 remained on the reel.
> My DVM can measure capacitance so I connected it to the free end of the reel
> and measured 6300 pF. Belden says that 9913 capacitance is 24.6 pF/ft so
> dividing that into 6300 pF implied that I had 256 ft remaining. That was
> enough for three 70' runs but not enough for four, oh well.
> I cut three 70' lengths from the reel, 45' of cable remained. (3 x 70) +
> 45 =
> 255. That is just 1 ft less than what was predicted by the capacitance
> measurement !!! Isn't it nice when the numbers work out so well. Will I
> rely
> on that technique in the future? Nope, gotta see it work out like that a few
> more times first!
> -Mike-WA6ZTY
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