Of course any coax that has a spiral shield or spiral dielectric (like
traditional 9913), will *really* take on water, fast. A braided shield
will wick water surprisingly fast. Corrugated with hollow center
conductor will pipe water down to the bottom end and both ends will be
corroded.
Again, they can all be weatherproofed easily.
-Steve K8LX
On 7/10/2017 19:06 PM, I wrote:
Almost any coax will take "take on" water to some extent if you give it
a chance. The only exception that I've found is smooth wall hardline,
where the closed cell dielectric is *bonded* to both the smooth shield
and the smooth center conductor.
Any other style, be it corrugated hardline, braided coax, semi air line,
whatever, will be ruined if you don't weatherproof the connectorized ends.
Apparently there are some folks who don't believe it's possible to
weatherproof connectors. That is a totally false belief.
-Steve K8LX
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