[Towertalk] Feeding RG-8 Through Walls

[Don Havlicek]

Comment inserted below:

Barry Schieferstein wrote:
> 
> I use an outdoor electrical entrance piece.  I don't remember what it is
> called but it is two pieces - one PVC pipe like about 5" long, the second is
> a cap that goes over the pipe that makes the entrance a right angle.  It is
> about 3" in diameter so it is big enough for multiple coax/rotor runs.  I
> just stuffed a rag in it on the inside to keep the weather/critters out.

Why not keep the critters out definitively? ... stuff the pipe with
STEEL WOOL .. or some other material that the 'critters' won't chew?
Don - N8DE

> Another option is RadioShack's wall-feed-thru tube (plastic tube with
> bushings on the end) that is big enough for RG-8 and a roter cable.
> 
> Barry KW8W
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "WL7M" <joe@xyz.net>
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 6:59 PM
> Subject: [Towertalk] Feeding RG-8 Through Walls
> 
> > Any tips on feed through techniques for running some RG-8 through
> > walls?  My brother is new at this ham business (KO7DX - Bellingham, WA)
> and
> > has been having problems.  If you can provide a reference, I'd love to
> send
> > it to him.  Trying to illustrate this from 1500 miles away here in Alaska
> > is a tad difficult.
> >
> > 73,
> > Joe
> > WL7M
> >
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