Topband: Why do rodents eat coax?

[Mike Waters]

If all Polyethylene is indeed critter resistant, that seems like a good
clue; before buying outdoor coax, check the jacket material on the mfg.
data sheet.

Other than that, how do we tell for sure what our coax jacket material is?
And aren't there different formulas and various hardness specs? I think
there's hard and soft PVC.

FWIW, the flooded RG-6 I mentioned has a rather hard jacket. A thumbnail
makes less of a dent in it, compared to the somewhat softer outer jackets
of most of the other coax I have here (RG-11, RG-213, RG-58C/U, etc).

73, Mike
www.w0btu.com

On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Michael Clarson <wv2zow at gmail.com> wrote:

> ... animals like to chew on or eat PVC. ... I know Polyethylene is critter
> resistant
>