As you note, there's a big difference between outdoor & indoor conditions.
It's hard to beat clear heatshrink over your label of choice for outdoor
use - IF you have the foresight to slide the heatshrink on the cable
before installing connectors or fanning the conductors out. Note that
4:1 heatshrink is available, but more expensive than 3:1 or 2:1.
BTW if you're using a lot of heatshrink, I've been happy for years with
buyheatshrink.com.
So I've been using Brother PTouch *film* labels indoors as I try to get
my station going again, and outdoors will try the clear Gorilla tape
over-wrap suggestion, which sounds ideal.
-Steve K8LX
On 10/12/18 21:32 PM, Don 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.
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