Topband: Critters Eating Coax

[Garry Shapiro]

Jeff:

At least one of the wire and cable vendors selling to the ham community
claims that polyethylene jackets are less attractive to critters than PVC
jackets. I bought and installed some polyethylene-jacket coax when I found
one of my longer lines gnawed--I live in a redwood forest with lots of
critters--and that line has not been gnawed. Not exactly a controlled
study--but it's the best I can do on short notice.

Garry, NI6T

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Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 3:31 AM
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Subject: Topband: Critters Eating Coax


I wonder if anyone on the reflector knows of a remedy that will stop
squirrels from eating the black jacket from Rg213 coax?

They seem to love the stuff and eat hundreds of feet of the black PVC jacket
half way around.  In areas where the coax is elevated (and they can reach
all
of it) they eat it ALL THE WAY ROUND!  They stop at the braid (usually) but
the resulting water intrusion ruins the coax (ultimately).

At some point I am going to have to replace quite a bit of coax but, before
I
do, I wonder if anyone knows of a way to keep the little hungry buggers off
of it....

Any known solutions out there that WORK?  Is there some substance that the
critters really do not like that can be applied to the coax - a spray or
jelly
perhaps?

Many thanks for reading.

73 JEFF

K1ZM at aol.com
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