I just had to take about 250 feet of "brand X" coax out of service because the outer jacket is cracking. Three runs up my 50 foot crank-up tower hanging from a support at the top, and three runs from
Designing and specifying large systems for performance facilities, I learned that there's a lot of "brokered" cable being sold by companies that don't manufacture it, and don't know anything about th
What coax cables and brands are you using? John KK9A I just had to take about 250 feet of "brand X" coax out of service because the outer jacket is cracking. Three runs up my 50 foot crank-up tower h
Art, I have gone to Davis Bury Flex for outdoor use. The jacket is polyethylene instead of PVC. I have lots of polyethylene water pipes that have stood up to 40 years of hot sun and cold freezes. My
Ultraviolet from the sun is what degrades PVC I believe... ? And yes Steve, I have observed the same thing with PVC vs Polyethylene. 73, Jim W7RY On 2/14/2023 6:25 PM, Steve Jones wrote: Art, I have
So have I, and I'm very happy with Davis RF and I'm using BuryFlex, but I don't have a decade or more of experience with it, so didn't respond. 73, Jim K9YC __________________________________________
I would be interested in what brand x and brand y really are - brand and model. 73! Lee, AA4GA _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTal
MEEE too. It's not bashing a product. Its actual fact... If it is as you say. Not much chance of water freezing inside of the jacket at your location? 73, Jim W7RY 73! Lee, AA4GA On Tue, Feb 14, 2023
Jim, I put mine in for my new tower in 2011, so that's going on 12 years now. So far so good! 73, Steve N6SJ So have I, and I'm very happy with Davis RF and I'm using BuryFlex, but I don't have a dec
I have buryflex that was bought new, mostly in about 2012. It was initially running on-the-ground-surface, up the tower, and to the antenna. Since then I've replaced that original tower with 3 new o
I have had 4 runs (approximately 150' each) of Bury Flex in the ground for almost 20-years. Everything still checks out the same as the day I got it into the ground. -- Wes Attaway (N5WA) Shreveport,
That's my understanding as well, but I don't know it to be a fact. I do, however, have additional experience with vintage coax from several manufacturers that I, along with many of N6RZ's neighbors,
What is the point of this brand X vs. brand Y discussion? You are representing your own experience with these products. So what's the point of this? If you like a Chevy, just say you have better ex
From an SK estate I was given a NOS 100ft never unspooled roll of what by markings was on the order of 50 years old. I swept it for loss and it was good as new RG8 specs to 30MHz. Then it started mis
As much as I like and respect you, I strongly disagree, Jeff. We're talking about product FAILURES, not about I like this one better than that. When I report on stuff, I'm always being objective, and
YES! VE0JS gave me some marine coax, in return for me helping her with RFI issues (and giving her a lot of cores) for her boat on which she has now made four unassisted circumnavigations of the earth
What Jeff said was exactly correct. Maybe a better analogy could be used especially since you could have a lemon in any brand of vehicle and prefer one brand over the other. The POINT Jeff was making
Thanks for all of the comments. Suffice it to say I'm surprised at the brand most mentioned in your responses ... and I think many of you are going to be surprised as well. To Jim's (W7RY) point ...
But Jeff, weren't you aware?...Chevy's are well- known to break down after prolonged UV exposure! (just kidding!) I dont think this is about "liking", but rather about experience with different types