Hi Wes, Dave, et al,
Well, at first I was hoping I could claim "nolo contendre" in this matter,
based solely on the Subject name "Davis" was misspelled "David", ... HI .
Darn, this finally came back to haunt me after 10+ years of this product,
"Bury-Flex" Tm, in that "Bury-Flex" is quite different from the Belden
product 9914, but by error it got assigned that part #
a long time ago. Later, when I realized the potential problem, I succumbed
to my accounting guy who said that our (at the time) rather user UNfriendly
acctg software would belch several ways to Sunday if we changed the part #,
the least of which was the historical accounting comparisons.
As far as Dave receiving cable with only braid shield, and no print on the
cable, I suspect that the wrong cable got on that reel, and regardless, I
apologize. Contact me, or I'll try you Wed., and we'll arrange a pick-up by
UPS (you won't need to be around) and we'll send out the replacement today.
Yes, Bury-Flex Tm has a bonded alu shield on top of the foam dielectric
and then the
tinned copper braid over the bonded shield.
Bury-Flex has been a very popular product both with hams; commercially
and with the military. It is not strictly for burial either as it serves
almost all other (similar) transmission line applications, has a high
durometer PE outer jacket which provides a highly abrasion resistant and low
loss for it's OD and cost. No plasticizers in PE so it does not suffer UV
thus can last 30 + years in most outside ambients. And the neat thing:
We've found that rodents don't like it...they'd rather find PVC control
cables, coaxes, etc.to chew on....which is why our rotor control cables are
also made with PE.
Lastly: crank up towers: coil this coax at the tower bottom and it works
super when raising/lowering.
Sorry folks for the confusion ! 73, Steve , K1PEK
Tel: 978-369-1738 Fax: 978-369-3484
DAVIS RF Co., Div. of Orion Wire Co.
Wire/Cable Design Eng'g & Distribution
Main office: 800-Davis RF (328-4773)
>Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:10 PM
To: 'k6xyz'; 'towertalk'
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] David RF Bury-Flex
Dave:
You mentioned 9914F BF and Bury Flex so I thought maybe there were two
different coax items.
Based on a later post, it seems I was recalling the 9913 air-dielectric
cable. I was close .... one digit off!
The coax in the picture you sent to me does not look exactly like what I
have or what the Davis RF catalog shows. Davis is a good supplier so I am
sure they will help you to determine what is going on.
>
> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:40:40 -0600
> From: "k6xyz" <k6xyz@sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] David RF Bury-Flex
> To: "'towertalk'" <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Message-ID: <03dd01c862e1$219f97d0$f1389540@skunkputer>
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>
> Recently I bought some Bury-Flex direct from Davis and in preparing to
> install the connectors I noticed that this coax only has a single braided
> shield.
> The 9914F B-F that Davis advertises has a braided shield and a 'bonded'
> foil
> shield under the braid.
> There are no numbers on the coax I received from them.
> http://www.davisrf.com/coax.php#buryflex
>
> Does anyone have any info on this apparent discrepancy??
>
>
> Regards
>
> Dave Harmon
> K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
> Sperry, Ok.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 11
> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:58:05 -0600
> From: "Wes Attaway \(N5WA\)" <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] David RF Bury-Flex
> To: "'k6xyz'" <k6xyz@sbcglobal.net>, "'towertalk'"
> <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Message-ID: <460D6C7CD4DA403692F40B8BF1244B0A@OFFICE>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Is 9914F B-F the same as "regular" Bury-Flex?
>
> I put in Bury-Flex about 4 years ago and it did not have the slightest
> resemblance to 9914. It had the braided shield and bonded foil, and a
> solid
> dielectric.
>
> Doesn't 9914 have a large air space? Maybe I am wrong on this (am going
> strictly from memory). If so, then you may have received something
> different than what you intended to order.
>
>
> ----------------- Wes Attaway (N5WA) ------------------
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of k6xyz
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:41 PM
> To: 'towertalk'
> Subject: [TowerTalk] David RF Bury-Flex
>
> Recently I bought some Bury-Flex direct from Davis and in preparing to
> install the connectors I noticed that this coax only has a single braided
> shield.
> The 9914F B-F that Davis advertises has a braided shield and a 'bonded'
> foil
> shield under the braid.
> There are no numbers on the coax I received from them.
> http://www.davisrf.com/coax.php#buryflex
>
> Does anyone have any info on this apparent discrepancy??
>
>
> Regards
>
> Dave Harmon
> K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
> Sperry, Ok.
>
>
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