[TowerTalk] Cable TV hardline question

[Tower (K8RI)]

You may get a variety of answers, but I have used a lot of  the 3/4 inch 
stuff over the years and was quite happy with the results. It worked well 
with long runs as long as there were no sharp bends.  The 1/2 inch is quite 
fragile while the 3/4 inch is pretty rugged. Connectors for both sizes are 
relatively easy to make out of brass compression fittings.

The 3/4 inch fittings http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/conn.htm while 
the 1/2 inch can be made with a PL-259 and a 1/2 inch compression coupling.

At one time I had almost a full reel, but most of that has been used.  I 
think I may have a 150 or 200 feet left, but none in the air at present.

Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2)
www.rogerhalstead.com


> Today the power company took down the overhead lines coming up the 700ft
> driveway to my farm (in preparation for moving our circa 1870's farmhouse 
> to
> the frontage of the farm onto a new foundation).  For the asking the power
> company gave me the telephone poles (ahh...a great place to put up a 6 or 
> 10
> meter yagi).  When the cable tv guy was up in his bucket truck taking down
> the cable hardline I asked him "what are you going to do with the cable" 
> He
> replied "we have to throw it in the dumpster".  I told him I was a ham and
> might be able to use it, so they gave me the cable for the asking.  He 
> also
> said they throw out hundereds of feet of this stuff everyday!!
>
> So the question is, is the 75ohm aluminum shielded hardline of good 
> quality
> or not?  Is it acceptable for running trunklines to the beverages? How 
> long
> will it last buried not inside a pipe?
>
>
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