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

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Bill, a good indicator of water damage is the color of the inner copper  
surface of the shield. If the shield inner color is black, you can be certain  
that losses will be high.
 
So, you might chop off pieces and inspect until you find nice shiny copper  
showing. Once at that point, use of some test equipment will determine the  
quality of the cable.
 
I have recovered lengths of Heliax that required removal of up to 10ft from 
 the ends and in all cases the remaining cable was just fine.
 
73,
Gerald K5GW
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 5/29/2013 10:48:25 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
bill.aa7xt at gmail.com writes:

I have  some 1-5/8 inch Andrew Hardline (LDF7-50A) which has been stored 
outside in  New England for 5 years - is it still good and if not can it be  
rehabilitated?  I didn't expect to leave it outside this long (life  
intervenes in ones plans from time to time) and am pondering whether its worth  the 
effort to ship it 2000 miles to Colorado and reinstall at my new  station.

This particular cable would be direct buried for use on HF  primarily (I 
have other cable for VHF).

73
Bill


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