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[TowerTalk] Marking?Identifying Coax Cables

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Marking?Identifying Coax Cables
From: Don <w7wll@arrl.net>
Reply-to: w7wll@arrl.net
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 18:32:18 -0700
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Looking for any good methods anyone has used to PERMANENTLY mark/ID coax when you've a lot of cable running.

Tried colored tape (including the best 3M) but found it fades after a short period (like a year) exposed to my wind. salt water and UV environment. (OK in the closed junction box but not on the long exposed runs to and from)

I faintly  remember that there was aluminum or soft copper cable surrounds that the military used where one could write into or prestamp the material before attaching, indenting the surface pretty deep. Have not found a source for these.

But maybe you folks have some other good ideas. My wife suggested the aluminum tags she uses for her roses and other flowers but the little wire that holds the tag to the item must be a size 28 or smaller, I can imagine how long a fluttering tag like that would last, a few days and it would rust out or be torn off.


Don W7WLL

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