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21. Re: [TowerTalk] COAX SEAL (score: 1)
Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 06:04:52 -0500
The "pros" don't use anything because they don't use UHF connectors. They are working with Heliax, waveguide, or ridgid line and the lines are often pressurized. Connectors made for those kinds of l
/archives//html/Towertalk/2024-03/msg00057.html (8,453 bytes)

22. Re: [TowerTalk] COAX SEAL (score: 1)
Author: "Mike Smith VE9AA" <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 10:37:21 -0300
Only somewhat related but I am reminded of a method of joining hardline pieces together 1000' from his shack shown to me in person by the late, great, Jack VE1ZZ(sk). He brought both pcs up from the
/archives//html/Towertalk/2024-03/msg00058.html (8,201 bytes)

23. Re: [TowerTalk] COAX SEAL (score: 1)
Author: Steve Maki <lists@oakcom.org>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 12:15:01 -0400
You may have a different definition of "pro" that others do. Is it just the broadcast industry that utilizes "pros"? That's another subject for discussion. It's true that modern connectors are theore
/archives//html/Towertalk/2024-03/msg00059.html (10,255 bytes)

24. Re: [TowerTalk] COAX SEAL (score: 1)
Author: kq2m@kq2m.com
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 11:52:13 -0500
There should be another part to this discussion that I have not yet seen mentioned. Coefficient of Thermal Expansion. If the connectors are water tight/air tight, then in theory no taping of connecto
/archives//html/Towertalk/2024-03/msg00060.html (12,908 bytes)

25. Re: [TowerTalk] COAX SEAL (score: 1)
Author: kq2m@kq2m.com
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 11:57:14 -0500
There should be another part to this discussion that I have not yet seen mentioned. Coefficient of Thermal Expansion. If the connectors are water tight/air tight, then in theory no taping of connecto
/archives//html/Towertalk/2024-03/msg00062.html (13,467 bytes)

26. Re: [TowerTalk] COAX SEAL (score: 1)
Author: Steve Harrison <k0xp@k0xp.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 10:12:09 -0700
..... But none of that addresses HOW and WHEN those physically tight connections might become less tight.  Enter Coefficient of Thermal Expansion. That's why the strong recommendation that the first
/archives//html/Towertalk/2024-03/msg00063.html (9,421 bytes)

27. Re: [TowerTalk] COAX SEAL (score: 1)
Author: Steve Maki <lists@oakcom.org>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 13:30:40 -0400
Bob, That's simply not true if tape-butyl-tape is properly applied. No way, no how. -Steve K8LX But changes in heat/humidity can cause condensation INSIDE the wraps anyway. __________________________
/archives//html/Towertalk/2024-03/msg00064.html (8,408 bytes)

28. Re: [TowerTalk] COAX SEAL (score: 1)
Author: "Steve Jones" <n6sj@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 11:04:25 -0700
That's why I always keep tension on the roll as I wrap, to stretch the tape and get it into all the little ridges around the connector. 73, Steve N6SJ That's why the strong recommendation that the fi
/archives//html/Towertalk/2024-03/msg00065.html (10,514 bytes)

29. Re: [TowerTalk] COAX SEAL (score: 1)
Author: Jim W7RY <jimw7ry@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 13:10:17 -0500
I just love all of the fake crap that comes across this mailing list! It't like reading today's news stories. Jim W7RY On 3/10/2024 6:04 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote: I'm pretty certain that the pros use b
/archives//html/Towertalk/2024-03/msg00066.html (9,765 bytes)

30. Re: [TowerTalk] COAX SEAL (score: 1)
Author: Gene Smar via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 18:30:09 +0000 (UTC)
No one's mentioned it yet, but the final, outside wrap should be upward, like shingles, so water flows off and not into the tape layers. I believe I read that on TowerTalk years back. 73 de Gene Smar
/archives//html/Towertalk/2024-03/msg00067.html (11,202 bytes)

31. Re: [TowerTalk] COAX SEAL (score: 1)
Author: <john@kk9a.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 14:49:51 -0400
There is some good advice and some bad advice regarding connector sealing (or not sealing) in the recent towertalk posts. You just have to figure out which is which. John KK9A I just love all of the
/archives//html/Towertalk/2024-03/msg00068.html (7,866 bytes)

32. Re: [TowerTalk] COAX SEAL (score: 1)
Author: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 12:56:33 -0700
Steve's points emphasize that "one size does not fit all." My connectors exposed to weather are on everything from vertical runs of RG8/RG11 to high dipoles, to rotating Yagis, to CATV coax from RX a
/archives//html/Towertalk/2024-03/msg00070.html (10,136 bytes)

33. Re: [TowerTalk] COAX SEAL (score: 1)
Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 18:39:22 -0500
VE1ZZ had the right idea. I've done the same thing here. Yes when it comes to professionals I was thinking of the broadcast industry. Sorry if that offended all the cellular phone folks and made you
/archives//html/Towertalk/2024-03/msg00073.html (8,478 bytes)

34. Re: [TowerTalk] COAX SEAL (score: 1)
Author: Steven Katz <stevek@jmr.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 23:57:21 +0000
Me, either, regarding tape or other sealants. At my last home in CA, the "cable company" was Spectrum and our utilities were all underground, but they made their "splice" (coax) under a removable cov
/archives//html/Towertalk/2024-03/msg00074.html (10,180 bytes)

35. Re: [TowerTalk] COAX SEAL (score: 1)
Author: Steve Maki <lists@oakcom.org>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 20:04:07 -0400
No worries, we do broadcast work as well, so I definitely felt included :-) Just curious, what part of the cell site(s) have you visited? At ground level, on sites still using ground level radios and
/archives//html/Towertalk/2024-03/msg00075.html (9,325 bytes)

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