[TowerTalk] Burying hardline question

[Ray]

Thanks to all for your replies. 

My CATV does have a black vinyl jacket like the Andrews hardline.

I will bury my hardline and not worry about the gophers... 

Ray, N6VR

BTW, my RG8, RG213 and control lines will be inside 2" gray conduit that
will buried in the same trench as the hardline. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan [mailto:n5ar at air-pipe.com] 
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 3:56 PM
To: Ray
Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Burying hardline question

Ray, I have considerable experience with gopher damage  to buried cable.  I
have  700 feet or more of  Andrews  7/8 and 1/2 inch buried here to a depth
of a foot or so. I have never  had  any  damage to it from gophers. I have
had them chew on BuryFlex and they chewed thru buried plastic tubing
carrying water from my well to the sprinkler system. Believe me I have lots
of gophers here on my 10 acres, probably thousands.
  If your TV hardline has no insulated outer cover and is aluminum, I would
be concerned with corrosion if your soil is alkaline. My former QTH was in
Dallas and aluminum ground radials corrode completely away in months.

73, Dan, N5AR

Ray wrote:
> Is is OK to direct bury Andrew's 7/8" and/or CATV 75 ohm hardline? 
>  
> I do have gophers in the area and don't know first, if hardline can be 
> direct buried, and second, if the gophers will chew on the outside 
> covering material. If they do, I don't think they can get through the 
> outer copper or aluminum shield, but it would open a path for water
intrusion.
>  
> Tnx,
>  
> Ray, N6VR
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