[TowerTalk] Anyone have experience using Davis bury-flex as their rotor loop

[Wes Attaway (N5WA)]

I can't comment on rotor loops but I can say that I have had 4x 125+ feet
runs of Bury Flex buried for almost 20-yrs and the cable looks brand new if
you pull some of it out of the ground.  I have four runs going out through
conduit in my slab and then on out into the back yard. 

Each run is terminated at an ICE lightning arrestor.

Every time I dig down into the ground and look at the cable it looks brand
new.  Measurements confirm that nothing has changed as far as loss is
concerned.

I see no reason why it wouldn't be an excellent choice for rotor loops.  It
appears to be very hard to damage.

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Wes Attaway (N5WA)
(318) 393-3289 - Shreveport, LA
Computer/Cellphone Forensics
AttawayForensics.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
n6sj at earthlink.net
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2020 6:47 PM
To: 'Pete Raymond'; towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Anyone have experience using Davis bury-flex as
their rotor loop

Pete,

I'm using Davis RF Bury-flex for my rotor loop.  

I also ran it inside a length of flexible garden hose to protect it from the
sharp edges at the top of my tower.

Good for 7 years so far.

73,
Steve
N6SJ


-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Pete Raymond
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2020 3:40 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] Anyone have experience using Davis bury-flex as their
rotor loop

I  plan to run LMR 400 up to the top of the tower, and the lowest loss coax
for the remaining antennas on the mast. It's advertised as being flexible
and capable of being used as a rotor loop.  Have you used it this way?
73, Pete, N4KW

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