This was very timely for me. I am building a SAL-30 and was going to lay
about 600-800 feet of hamfest RG-6 on the ground. Now I ordered 1000' of
Commscope direct burial RG-6 on Ebay for $80 and will go to Home Depot and
rent a trencher for a day for $89. Small price to pay for the insurance.
(Don't ya hate remembering your dad saying: "If the job is worth doing,
it's worth doing right.")
Chuck W5PR
On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 4:13 AM, Matt <maflukey@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Ed,
>
> My station is not too far from you. For what it's worth, my Beverages were
> so noisy during the ARRL DX contest last weekend they were essentially
> useless. Although their performance generally degrades when the ground is
> saturated with water (Beverages don't like improved ground conductivity
> from
> what I have read), this was the first time I have had persistent problems
> with noise on them. I'm also feeding temporarily with RG-6 laying on the
> ground and I'm sure I have water in the cable - field mice like to chew on
> the jacketing... Anyway, thought I'd let you know that I was having a
> similar problem. Email me off line if you want to discuss in more detail.
>
> 73
> Matt
> KM5VI
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ed
> Stallman
> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 7:52 AM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] RG6 coax question
>
> Howdy Tower Talkers , My question is if water can get into the RG6 coax
> through the outer cover ? The RG6 I'm using is Commscope but it's not the
> flooded ! I lay the coax on the ground to a HI-Z Receive 4 SQ , so I can
> remove it in the spring and reinstall in the Fall . The RG6-F- connectors
> are 8 to 12 inches off the ground and taped good , so if water is getting
> in, it would have to come in through the insulation ...
> if that's possible ? I'm asking these questions because the HI-Z RX 4SQ
> uses
> a Bias T throu the 4 phasing lines and if water or moister gets in it will
> create noise and I have noise in 3 of the 4 directions ! 8.5 inches of rain
> in 2 days is allot of water !
>
> Thanks Ed N5DG
>
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