Hi all, some years ago I buried a 4 inch conduit about a foot deep in my field , inside I run a control wire and a coax line RG213 to a 160 m vertical the feeder was a total of 5/4 wavelength long ab
As you have found out, it's impossible to keep water out of a conduit like that. I use direct bury cabling and put it directly in the ground. Granted the cable is flooded, but putting in back in the
I agree with Ken, with only one option, and that would be if the conduit is open on both ends.. allowing free air flow thru. That situation, MAY help dry the water from sitting on the cable, dependin
I have PVC conduits under my yard because the cables to the towers travel under landscaping and I am not able to dig things up to change or add cables. I have placed a length of half inch hose in eac
Coming from an ancient Telco background which included keeping microwave waveguides dry for AT&T, unless you are willing to pressurize the conduit at one end and allow air to exit at the other, AND i
John, Although I didn't look up F1160 BEF, if it's basically flooded RG-6 (and therefore suitable for direct burial) then Just Do It! ;-) I use Commscope F6 dual- and quad-shield flooded coax at my Q
must have to do with the annual rainfall. I too come from 30+ years in telco and radio comm. There are 12 runs of 6 in conduit between building on one campus, and a number of others around that are s
I installed 4 runs of BuryFlex through my slab and then out into the backyard about 15-years ago (when we built a new house) and it is still working fine. I have conduit through the slab (open at bot
I've never used RG-6 flooded, if the material is sticky how tough is it to get a good connection to the connector?? I'm getting ready to use some and just curious what I'm getting into. Thanks Jeff,
Hi John, Never use PVC drain pipe to bury coax or other cable, the molecules are that far apart that water eventually gets in no matter what. Better to use the same pipe your water supplier uses to g
It's really dangerous to make these "all" statements. I've been keeping rainfall numbers and reporting them to rainlog.org for 11 years. My last measurable rain was 0.02 inches on Sept 14. The total
I installed buryflex along with direct burial control cables last year. I learned that it is best to directly bury the cables without conduit. Water from condensation will eventually fill the condu
Hi Jeff, I have been using Commscope F660BEF flooded RG6 for years. I direct bury it. It has a PE jacket. It is used for all receive antenna feedlines. Also use it on 80M. Crimp on F-connectors is th
Wes, has it.. these installations MUST take into consideration the effect of LOCAL conditions. With an average humidity of less than 25%, and an annual rainfall of 10 inches.. the high desert doesn't
IF you get the good crimp-ons! Can anyone recommend a source? I only have a few left. They come with silicone dielectric compound pre-applied inside. There's also Belden Snap-n-Seal connectors. Their