Speaking of flooded coax...
I noticed something recently about at least one of my spools of flooded
quad-aluminum-shield "RG-6". Since the flooding compound is only in the
outer shield (the braid right under the outer jacket), it seems possible
that under certain circumstances, water could still wick its way along the
inner shield and cause degradation of the inner braid and the foil
surrounding the dielectric.
This could happen if water somehow entered the end of the coax, or damage
(sharp rocks, animal teeth, etc.) to the jacket went all the way to the
inner shield next to the dielectric.
I'm thinking that the aluminum foil shields are plastic coated. If that's
the case, then only the inner braid would oxidize.
In this scenario, the coax would have one intact (outer) braid, and one
oxidized (inner) braid, at least for some distance from where the water
entered. Any thoughts on the consequences if this should occur?
And is all quad-shield flooded coax manufactured with just the outer braid
flooded?
If I would have thought of this before, I might not have just laid 600' of
coax on the ground next to a fence. But I haven't noticed anything wrong
with the way that Beverage works (so far).
73, Mike
www.w0btu.com
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