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Re: [TowerTalk] Water in Coax

To: Charlie Gallo <Charlie@TheGallos.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Water in Coax
From: Mike <nf4l@nf4l.com>
Reply-to: nf4l@nf4l.com
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:55:36 -0500
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I'm using BuryFlex from Davis RF because of the tough, inert 
jacket(according to the literature). I haven't had it up long enough to 
tell anything about it yet. It has pretty much the same specs as LMR400.

I think any coax has the potential of pinholes in the jacket in 
manufacturing. Cracked jackets I would attribute to weathering.

73, Mike NF4L

Charlie Gallo wrote:
> On 11/25/2009 Roger (K8RI) wrote:
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> ...snip...
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>> A "pin hole" can be very difficult to find as can a cracked jacket at times.
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>> 73
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>> Roger (K8RI)
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> This leads to the "dumb questions are the ones not asked" for me
>
> I'm having a new tower/antenns etc installed this spring, and the installers 
> usually use LMR-400.  I'm seriously thinking of installing heliax (or heliax 
> flex)  instead, simply because I hear that it does NOT have problems with 
> water/has a longer life (and the better signal does NOT hurt)
>
> Thoughts from the list (10m to 40m - about 125ft, plus probably replace my 
> 2m/70cm coax run at the same time, while the crew is here)
>
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