[BULK] - RE: [TowerTalk] Cable TV hardline question

[Steve Katz]

If the question is running trunklines to Beverages: Who cares?  I use CATV
RG6/U (75 Ohm, .250" diameter, multiple shields) for that, and directly bury
it just like the cable company does!  75 Ohm hardline would be even better,
but at a few hundred feet the difference in loss in the lower HF spectrum is
negligible and I can't believe anyone could tell the difference, in a
Beverage application.-WB2WIK/6

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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Keith Dutson [SMTP:kjdutson at earthlink.net]
> Sent:	Friday, October 29, 2004 9:14 AM
> To:	TowerTalk at contesting.com
> Subject:	[BULK] - RE: [TowerTalk] Cable TV hardline question
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "SJ W3TX" <superberthaguy at adelphia.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 6:35 PM
> > 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?
> >
> 
> 
> Can someone explain the difference between 75 ohm aluminum shielded
> hardline
> and "plain old 75 ohm TV coax"? I was given two partial rolls OF 0.4 inch
> DIAMETER aluminum shielded, white core insulation coax.  One roll is
> labeled
> Commscope along with a telephone handset imprinted on the jacket.  The
> other
> roll has no identification but does include a messenger wire embedded in
> the
> outer jacket.
> 
> I estimate perhaps 500' of this coax and I do have a tower 300' from the
> shack that as yet is not connected.  I have been thinking of using
> BuryFlex
> for this run but can this free coax possibly be better?  Should I give
> these
> two rolls away and go with something well defined?
> 
> K7PUC
> 
> 
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