Hi, I used Davis Buryflex (RG213) on my 15 M yagis (they were put up in 1999) and I was replacing some connectors today when I noticed something disturbing. On the PL259's on 3 of my 4 yagis;, there
Well you probably got your money's worth out of that coax. Without removing the coax it is probably hard to tell how much loss it has now. Of course changing coax is usually a pain unless the driven
Please do not use this coax for any transmission line or high voltage purpose. It has been damaged by moisture! I spent 27 years as a two-way tech, with hundreds of visits to tower sites. Weatherproo
These are all symptoms of water intrusion, the result of which is increased attenuation. I've had that happen to me on one of my high dipoles, as a result of failure of waterproofing at the dipole ce
I view it as a learned art, based on lots of EXPERIENCE, including seeing what coax looks like years later. However, I've seen professionally weatherproofed connections with water ingress, including