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Re: [TowerTalk] Lightning protection

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Lightning protection
From: Art Greenberg <art@artg.tv>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 17:13:03 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
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On Mon, 8 Jul 2013, Steve Maki wrote:

On 7/8/2013 6:50 PM, K8RI wrote:

I can't get rid of the wired network. wireless isn't fast enough for
large file transfers and I do a lot of photography with typically 8 to
10 terabytes on each of 4 computers.  Unfortunately even a gigabit
network is slow when talking this much data.  OTOH  I've reached the
point where the computers I/O is now the limiting factor.

Go optical fiber.

-Steve K8LX

Steve,

Can you offer suggestions as to how to make fiber practical for a DIYer? I would love to run fiber from my barn to the house, a run of about 100 meters in buried ENT.

Bulk FO direct-bury cable, connectors and media converters are sort of affordable, especially given the advantages over copper.

The problem seems to be fitting the connectors to the cable. I have not found a source for pre-assembled direct bury cable, and I am not certain that I would be able to pull it through the conduit anyway. Tool kits for the purpose are way out of reach, and I have not found a rental source. I do know a couple of folks with training and tools, but they're not interested in just applying the connectors, and will not help me pull cable that I sourced. Paying one of these guys for the entire installation is just plain not affordable.

--
Art Greenberg
WA2LLN
art@artg.tv
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