Hi Bob,
The labels on my partial rolls are unreadable now, but I am certain
the jacket is PE. Mine is not quad shield, just a single aluminum
braid shield plus foil. It is nasty stuff to work with and will make
you and your tools extremely sticky! It will also very efficiently
put bits of aluminum wire from the shield in your fingers! I have
had very good luck using Snap-n-Seal F connectors installed with the
proper tooling. Never an issue in going on 10 years now. I'm sure I
paid no more than $100 per 1000' roll last time I bought it which
was 3 or 4 years ago. If you look on eBay you should find several
brands and vendors of the flooded or direct burial RG-6 cable. By
the way I also have a couple of splices with 2 x F connectors and a
F-F adapter, taped up. No issues there yet, but they have only been
in about 2 years. Some idiot with a chainsaw in my case but with a
1500' run you will probably need a splice anyway... ;-)
73,
Paul
On 08/29/2017 01:19 PM, Bob Shohet, KQ2M wrote:
Hi Paul,
Thanks for that info. Direct burial flooded RG-6? Wow – never heard of that. When you get the
chance I would appreciate learning the details of the jacket – I’m sure that is the answer.
Any pricing info? From experience I realize that all it takes is one stupid critter to ruin your day (and
cable). And with a 1500’ run into the deep, deep woods that is inviting a lot of stupid critters
to ruin my day. ;-)
73
Bob , KQ2M
From: N1BUG
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 1:03 PM
To: Bob Shohet, KQ2M ; TowerTalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] A dumb question
I had the exact same problem until I switched to direct burial
flooded RG-6. Never another chewed cable after that. It is laying on
the ground in the woods just like the previous regular varieties of
coax. I don't think it can be the flooding compound unless they can
small it through the jacket. Nothing has ever bitten into it. The
jacket is also a different material (I would have to look it up). I
presume for whatever reason this stuff just doesn't smell good to
rodents or deer.
--
Paul
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