Ray, I have considerable experience with gopher damage to buried
cable. I have 700 feet or more of Andrews 7/8 and 1/2 inch buried
here to a depth of a foot or so. I have never had any damage to it
from gophers. I have had them chew on BuryFlex and they chewed thru
buried plastic tubing carrying water from my well to the sprinkler
system. Believe me I have lots of gophers here on my 10 acres, probably
thousands.
If your TV hardline has no insulated outer cover and is aluminum, I
would be concerned with corrosion if your soil is alkaline. My former
QTH was in Dallas and aluminum ground radials corrode completely away in
months.
73, Dan, N5AR
Ray wrote:
> Is is OK to direct bury Andrew's 7/8" and/or CATV 75 ohm hardline?
>
> I do have gophers in the area and don't know first, if hardline can be
> direct buried, and second, if the gophers will chew on the outside covering
> material. If they do, I don't think they can get through the outer copper or
> aluminum shield, but it would open a path for water intrusion.
>
> Tnx,
>
> Ray, N6VR
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