Maybe the gods spared me, and maybe it was just more ice on the vertical.
SWR back to normal.
The reason I suspected water in the coax was that the roughly 5:1 SWR did
not vary with frequency, and a lot of the ice, if not most of it, had come
down already.
For the record, the coax is LMR400 that I bought from Burghardt.
OK...now to seal those connections...
THanks for all the feedback. I think I "lucked out" with a warning.
Art
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] water in coax
atrampler@att.net wrote:
> OK...I did it...I kept saying, "I'll get some coax seal on that joint
> when..."
>
> Well, the ice storm hit before "when" hit.
>
> Does Coax dry? If not, is there a good way to figure out how deep the
> water has wicked?
>
>
Not usually and it all depends.
If the leak is at the top of a run it'll migrate a 100 feet in just a
couple of days. If on the level it varies a lot and it depends on the
type of coax. Bury flex? No problem. 9913? big problem. If the far end
is flooded (not normally a good idea) and well sealed the migration
could/might be quite slow. IF you know there's water in it, the
easiest and most reliable is to just pitch it. I've had horizontal runs
of LMR 400 get nicked with very little migration. I think I mentioned a
few weeks back I had some 9913 get nicked/abraded. Two days after an ice
storm and warmer weather left me with water running out the other end
and this was through the braid.
If the connection (splice? you didn't describe it) is taped there
should be little problem. If it's N-connectors, there may not be a
problem. UHF? I don't even put them in temporary without tape. Coax
Seal. Never use it-don't like it. I normally just use flooded heat
shrink tubing.
Good Luck es 73
Roger (K8RI)
> Thanks!
> Art, KØRO
>
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