[TowerTalk] PEX tubing for antenna spacers?

[Jim Thomson]

Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 12:00:58 -0500
From: "Larry Banks" <larryb.w1dyj at verizon.net>
To: "Don Moman VE6JY" <ve6jy.1 at gmail.com>
Cc: "Ham - Tower Talk" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] PEX tubing for antenna spacers?


###  The white PEX is garden variety stuff,  typ used underground.
What about the high temp  PEX used for radiant heating in floors, etc. 
I think it is either red...or blue in colour. 

##  That grey coloured  pvc  tubing, you see in any home depot...in the 
electrical dept, is UV resistant, its used in the sun all the time...it comes 
in a lot of different  diamters...from aprx  4 inch...down to real small stuff, like 
3/4 or less. 

Jim   VE7RF





Thanks Don,

I guess I?ll go back to my first choice of PVC ? it?s just three times heavier! 

73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ



From: Don Moman VE6JY 
Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 11:37
To: Larry Banks 
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] PEX tubing for antenna spacers?

The milky white PEX tubing I have is very UV susceptible.  I used some short lengths to slip over RG 213 to protect it against chafing and it all cracked/split pretty quickly.

73 Don
VE6JY