Maybe so, I could be wrong. But my experience has been with RG142 which I had a
bunch of at one time. In the AZ sunshine the jacket cracked and I had a mess of
tarnished silver on my hands. And if you pigtail this stuff and try to seal it,
nothing wants to stick.
(In my location where I run cable on the ground instead of digging trenches in
the desert that will show for 100 years, I have a choice of rattlesnakes or pack
rats. I try to leave the snakes alone to keep the rats down, but when they come
into the garage, they have to go and we have a rat problem. I tried cats, but
the coyotes and owls like them. So it's Heliax to the rescue.)
On 2/17/2017 2:57 PM, Jim Thomson wrote:
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 10:27:51 -0700
From: Wes Stewart <wes_n7ws@triconet.org>
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] What am I missing....balun
And when you criticize the enclosure and believe it is unnecessary, you're
wrong; the outer jacket on that coax would last about 15 minutes out in the
weather.
Wes N7WS
## are u sure about that ? FEP-9 is what is used on the outer jacket of
RG-393.
Its supposed to be impervious to extremes in heat, cold, UV, sunlight, and
everything else
you can throw at it.
Jim VE7RF
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