I have a friend who is a ham, and works for a company that maintains cell tower
cables and equipment. He says they waterproof hardline connections. I wonder
how long it lasts.
73, Keith NM5G
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From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Steve
Maki
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2017 6:07 PM
To: towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Coax choice for crank-up - looking for TT
experience/recommendations
On 7/10/2017 17:40 PM, David Aslin G3WGN wrote:
> Thanks for the input Mike.
> My experience with FSJ4-50B is not positive. I’ve nicknamed it the
> ‘firehose’ as a result of its ability to take on water and have > it track
> down the coax.
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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