One other problem with water in the center tube....
If the cable runs up the tower any moisture in the tube will eventually
settle in the end at the bottom of the cable and into the fitting at the
bottom...not a good thing.
We don't worry about freezing hardline in FL.
K4XS
In a message dated 5/30/2013 4:32:44 A.M. Coordinated Universal Time,
K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net writes:
I can thinl of two problem with water. If it gets inside the hollow
center conductor and freezes it could rupture the conductor, possibly
introducing a discontinuity which would probably be OK for our power
levels on HF, but it should be thoroughly dried out. OTOH it could be
quite a problem at UHF and up
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