[TowerTalk] Cautionary tale about cable waterproofing

[Jim Brown]

On 7/18/2024 10:57 AM, kq2m at kq2m.com wrote:
> A lightning strike can easily cause heating of the cable which can cause 
> the cable itself to swell or burst the insulation on the individual 
> wires within the cable opening it up to shorts, especially as water gets in.

Yes, but the failure I've seen was described arcing, not heating. A 
minor quibble. :) It's why good engineering practice has been to bond 
shields of coax/hardline to the tower top and bottom. I once acquired 
(for free) a piece of hard line that had suffered from this. It was 
useless. :)

73, Jim K9YC