[TowerTalk] Hardline

[jimlux]

On 12/18/19 9:45 AM, trentkd5ia--- via TowerTalk wrote:
> The local club is replacing the hardline to one of the repeaters. It is 1 5/8", air dielectric (we think) and a little over 500' long.  I have a use for it! HI  I'm just wondering how (un)flexible it is--how small can it be coiled--and how heavy is it?  Anybody have any experience with it?  A tower service company is doing the work and all I have to do is haul it off to the (my) junkpile!   I'm hoping this is my lucky day!

We have a bunch (thousands of feet) of similar coax at the JPL club 
station (W6VIO).
You can coil it up in 5-6 foot diameter coils without too much trouble. 
500 feet is going to be around 500 lbs (it's roughly 1 lb/ft).

So, hauling in the back of a pickup is totally reasonable, but you'll 
need something to put it in there and take it out.  I suppose 4-5 people 
could carry a 500 foot coil, but it's really unwieldy.

Coiling it would be a lot of work.  Hopefully, the service company will 
coil it for you and not just leave it in some random heap.

(if it's full of water, it's a lot heavier <grin>)