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Re: Topband: Weatherproofing F-type connectors

To: mstangelo@comcast.net, topBand List <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Weatherproofing F-type connectors
From: Renee K6FSB <k6fsb.1@gmail.com>
Reply-to: k6fsb@arrl.net
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 14:33:34 -0800
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Hi Larry-
two possible kinds F Connectors, maybe more 1. O ring inside the fitting look for ( PCT International) PCT-TRS-6LMG or 2. on the exterior like a rubber nose (Belden) PPC EX6WS note this connector is a bit larger in diametre on the "nut", there is also a XL version. most likely #2, the Direct TV guy installed #1 type on a recent install and claimed to have zero issues.
if you do an epay search you will find the connectors....
hope this helps.
73, Merry Christmas
Renée, K6FSB



mstangelo@comcast.net wrote:
Larry,

My cable company recently replaced the coax to my house.

The Compression type F connector they used had an additional rubber gasket on 
the front so that it would make a watertight seal to the lightning arrestor 
bulkhead.

Mike N2MS

----- Original Message -----
From: Larry K4AB <larry.k4ab@gmail.com>
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 02:43:56 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Topband: Weatherproofing F-type connectors

I'm in the process of installing a receive 4 square for 160
using F type connectors and high quality flooded RG-6.

Do these things need additional weatherproofing?

As I recall all the many cable TV installations I have had
over the decades, done by major cable and satellite companies,
none have been weatherproofed.

If its good enough for those guys, at those frequencies,
shouldn't it be good for us at 1.8 MHz?


73,
Larry K4AB
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