Topband: Weatherproofing F-type connectors

[Roger D Johnson]

If you believe in the "belt and suspenders" approach, you can get sealing nuts for
the threaded end of the connectors. I use these plus a dab of silicone grease.

http://www.newark.com/thomas-betts/ns500/nut-snap-n-seal-connectors/dp/18C2287

73, Roger



On 12/15/2015 9:43 PM, Larry K4AB wrote:
> I'm in the process of installing a receive 4 square for 160
> using F type connectors and high quality flooded RG-6.
>
> Do these things need additional weatherproofing?
>
> As I recall all the many cable TV installations I have had
> over the decades, done by major cable and satellite companies,
> none have been weatherproofed.
>
> If its good enough for those guys, at those frequencies,
> shouldn't it be good for us at 1.8 MHz?
>
>
> 73,
> Larry K4AB
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