[TowerTalk] Lightning protection

[Steve Maki]

The very first of David's hits claim to supply direct burial cable with 
pre-assembled connectors:

http://fiberopticcables.stores.yahoo.net/dibuca.html

I didn't check the others but I'm pretty sure it's not hard to find a 
source.

Also, connectors can be field installed with *relatively* inexpensive 
tool kits.

-Steve K8LX

On 7/9/2013 7:47 PM, Art Greenberg wrote:

> David,
>
> I've seen those sources. None of those pre-made cabes are suitable for
> use in buried conduit. That's a wet location, and direct-bury cable is
> required.


> On Tue, 9 Jul 2013, K1TTT wrote:
>
>> There are literally hundreds of sources of pre-made or made to order
>> cables... here are just the first 3 sponsored ads on google:
>> http://fiberopticcables.stores.yahoo.net/index.html
>> http://www.fiber.com/catalog/
>> http://www.cablestogo.com/category/fiber
>>
>> another one we have used at work:
>> http://www.blackbox.com/Store/Results.aspx/Cables/Fiber-Bulk-Cables/n-429483
>>
>> 7988