Hi
Interestingly I can't find any figures for the loss!I can imagine that high F
this may be really bad but how about 28 MHz?
Markku
> From: kdutson@sbcglobal.net
> To: ww1c@outlook.com
> Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Loss of wet RG-213
> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 09:29:37 -0500
>
> Water intrusion is a real killer at VHF and UHF, and a severe issue for
> legal limit stations on HF. Lots of experience here with coax water
> infusion. While somewhat expensive, the use of Heliax, connectors and
> installation methods from Andrews is a real solution. Having these
> installed by a professional is even better.
>
> I am currently replacing all coax on my tower, and the only non-Andrews
> components are RG-213 with silver plated Amphenol connectors,, properly
> sealed against water intrusion, mostly for Yagi jumpers to Heliax.
>
> 73, Keith NM5G
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Markku Oksanen
> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 2:53 AM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Loss of wet RG-213
>
> All
> We had a very rainy fall last year and I noticed a signs of water at an UHF
> connector. The cable runs some 150 feet up the tower and and the water
> must have been coming along the cable.NOW I have been trying to find
> definitive numbers of estimated loss for a wet RG-213 at, say 28.5 MHZ. For
> some reason, no luck on the internet anyway. Although I intent to change
> the cable, I would like to know what this does for the time being.
> Thanks for the help!
> MarkkuOH2RA/OG2A/WW1C
>
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