[TowerTalk] Identify old hard line

[Art Greenberg]

On 10/23/24 13:30, sawyered at earthlink.net wrote:
> In my opinion, if the HL is so old or worn or both that you can no longer
> read the stamping on the outer jacket, I would pass on it unless a direct
> loss inspection can be made and also cutting backa couple of feet from each
> end and inspecting the solid dielectric and the copper outer jacket.  Both
> should look nice and white and the copper shiny.  I have HL that is 30 years
> old and that's still what it looks like if you cut it back a couple of feet.
> 
> Ed  N1UR

Thanks Ed.

This length of line has been in my possession for going on 30 years, 
unused and stored indoors. It was only in service for a few years before 
I took the repeater out of service and brought it home.

Its been sitting in storage, and came across it while doing some very 
late spring cleaning this past weekend. I removed the connector from one 
end and the dielectric looks very good. The center pin of the Type N 
male connector is soldered on. The outside surface of the helical outer 
conductor is dark, but not green.

I have the tools to measure its performance. I'll do that before I 
seriously consider putting it into service. I'd have to decoil it to get 
a length measurement as well. But at present I don't have an application 
for it.

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Art Greenberg
WA2LLN
art at artg.tv