Google "Metal wire markers" quite a few companies not sure which one is better.
Chuck Gooden - K9LC
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From: Martin Flynn <maflynn@theflynn.org>
Date: 10/12/2018 9:16 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Marking?Identifying Coax Cables
Valve tags: http://identificationtags.com/valve-tags.aspx? as an example
73 Martin
W2RWJ
On 10/12/2018 9:57 PM, Don Havlicek wrote:
> How about using colored shrink wrap?
> 73
> Don
> N8DE
>
> Sent from my Verizon Motorola Smartphone
> On Oct 12, 2018 9:32 PM, Don <w7wll@arrl.net> wrote:
>> Looking for any good methods anyone has used to PERMANENTLY mark/ID coax
>> when you've a lot of cable running.
>>
>> Tried colored tape (including the best 3M) but found it fades after a
>> short period (like a year) exposed to my wind. salt water and UV
>> environment. (OK in the closed junction box but not on the long exposed
>> runs to and from)
>>
>> I faintly remember that there was aluminum or soft copper cable
>> surrounds that the military used where one could write into or prestamp
>> the material before attaching, indenting the surface pretty deep. Have
>> not found a source for these.
>>
>> But maybe you folks have some other good ideas. My wife suggested the
>> aluminum tags she uses for her roses and other flowers but the little
>> wire that holds the tag to the item must be a size 28 or smaller, I can
>> imagine how long a fluttering tag like that would last, a few days and
>> it would rust out or be torn off.
>>
>> Don W7WLL
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