[TowerTalk] Shelf/Service life of RG213?

[Brad Rehm]

> Anyone know the approximate "service" life of RG213?  I recently found 100
feet
> in a box in a closet in our house that my XYL (WY5H) and I apparently had
> forgotten about after ordering 200 feet from Wireman in the mid 1990s and
using
> just 100 feet of it.  Its never been in outside, etc. just long lost in a
closet
> in the house.  Wondering if its still good for a few more years?
>
> Tom, WW5L

Tom,

I remember one of Bill Orr's columns in CQ in which he reported that he'd
found a bunch of WWII-vintage RG-8 in his garage attic.  He sent it to a
friend who could evaluate it in his lab and was told it was about as good as
new.  Coax apparently lasts for years if it's kept out of sunlight and away
from moisture.

You might try running some power through yours and measuring what goes in
and what goes out.  I'll bet it's just fine.

73, Brad  KV5V
Jarrell, Texas



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