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[TowerTalk] Burying feedlines

To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Burying feedlines
From: [email protected] ([email protected])
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 00:02:13 EDT
In a message dated 99-08-29 13:00:58 EDT, [email protected] writes:

> I didn't find this subject in the FAQs.  Let's say I go for something
>  like LMR-500 or even 600 for feedline  and UF-B for rotor control.  How
>  deep would they need to be buried, if bare (not in PVC)?  I'm told the
>  frost line around here could be 30 inches, but I can't believe buryable
>  cables have to go that deep.

   Well, the guys in New England know more about this than I do but I think 
the problem is that the freeze-thaw cycle will cause objects to rise and 
occasionally pop up to the surface. In order to avoid this, you have to have 
buried objects below the frostline. Frost heaves are part of that phenomena. 

Cheers,   Steve    K7LXC

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