[TowerTalk] 1-5/8 inch Andrew Hardline stored outside in New England for ...

[Cqtestk4xs at aol.com]

One other problem with water in the center tube....
 
If the cable runs up the tower any moisture in the tube will eventually  
settle in the end at the bottom of the cable and into the fitting at the  
bottom...not a good thing.
 
We don't worry about freezing hardline in FL.
 
K4XS
 
 
In a message dated 5/30/2013 4:32:44 A.M. Coordinated Universal Time,  
K8RI-on-TowerTalk at tm.net writes:

I can  thinl of two problem with water. If it gets inside the hollow 
center  conductor and freezes it could rupture the conductor, possibly 
introducing  a discontinuity which would probably be OK for our power 
levels on HF, but  it should be thoroughly dried out. OTOH it could be 
quite a problem at UHF  and up