[TowerTalk] Burying hardline question

[Roger (K8RI)]

Ray wrote:
> Thanks to all for your replies. 
>
> My CATV does have a black vinyl jacket like the Andrews hardline.
>   
I prefer to use PVC conduit for added mechanical protection, but most 
CATV cable is free and if readily available I'd not worry about it.

73

Roger (K8RI)
> 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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