New to the Northeast, and all the critters that eat...well, everything when it gets cold enough. I am planning on running a length of FSJ-4 (1/2" Andrews superflex) from the house to the end of the b
Scott, I had runs of 213 laying on the grass in my yard in KS (about 300' run length each) for 5 years and never had a single critter issue. Plenty of mower and trimmer damage to control wires but n
Why not tun it into some pvc conduit and then bury it in the spring. You'll protect the cable from critters and make it easy to replacr the cable when you bury it.Chuck Gooden - K9LC New to the Nort
New to the Northeast, and all the critters that eat...well, everything when it gets cold enough. I am planning on running a length of FSJ-4 (1/2" Andrews superflex) from the house to the end of the b
As much as the critters LOVED my RG6 Quad Shield for the beverages and the RG213 in the heavy brush, the have completely left alone the Buryflex on my lawn for the past several years. My experience h
Why make this hard? Take moth balls and rub them down the length of the hardline. No critter will approach. Easy and cheap. 73 Tim K3LR New to the Northeast, and all the critters that eat...well, eve
According to the following Commscope document, SuperFlex is corrugated. I have a bunch outdoors. Like all other hardline at my station, the connectors are sealed with at least 4 layers of silicone an
I concur that the Superflex PVC is thin and would not be the best choice for long outdoor runs both on the tower or buried however I have been using FSJ4 for short outdoor jumpers for many years with
I have seen the copper shield of FSJ-4 separate at one or more of the rings, making connections intermittent. No evidence of physical damage, but there were a lot of thermal cycles. The leading theor
I have had a lot of wires on or near the ground chewed but never Heliax. I don't think that the rodents or ? care for the hard PVC. If you can elevate it on lawn chairs, saw horses etc it is even les
I concur that the Superflex PVC is thin and would not be the best choice for long outdoor runs both on the tower or buried however I have been using FSJ4 for short outdoor jumpers for many years wit
OK, it's a terminology issue. There is: 1) Smoothwall hardline. 2) Spiral corrugated hardline (like FSJ4). 3) *ringed* (my term) corrugated hardline (like LDF4). FSJ4 is #2, and water will travel und
"Helical" corrugation is the term for the "spiral" type, which is how the original Heliax was made, and is how it got the name. "Annular" corrugation is the technical term for the "ringed" type. Mod
On the other hand, in Massachusetts I've had the squirrels chew both the jacket of some LMR400 as well as the aluminum boom on a yagi. It seems that usually the damage is done in the spring, or. At l
Scott: I agree with Steve and Jeff. I would use LDF outdoors. Connectors simpler and I believe cheaper than Superflex. Both the copper and jacket is thicker. Both have polyethylene jackets which is p
Here in the desert southwest pack rats (White throated wood rats) are our nemesis. They are extraordinarily destructive to automobiles parked outside. I have two outside and we keep the hoods parti
I live on a heavily wooded lot in middle Tennessee. We have lots of squirrels, raccoons, opossum & other gnawing critters. I use 1/2" CATV hardline from the shack to a 160m folded dipole which is str