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1. [TowerTalk] Sealing Pigtails - Opinions? (score: 1): Author: "Ward Silver" <hwardsil@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 16:54:05 -0600; As long as we're discussing sealing, I have a question about sealing coax pigtails. Waterproofing the end of a coax pigtail can be difficult because of the exposed braid and the stranded center condu; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-02/msg00076.html (8,816 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Sealing Pigtails - Opinions? (score: 1): Author: Gene Smar <ersmar@verizon.net>; Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:26:23 -0600 (CST); Ward: I use most of method #2 - solder a pigtail to the coax braid. But I use hot melt glue and shrink tubing to seal the end of the coax. Not my idea - I got this method from the ARRL's antenna comp; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-02/msg00077.html (9,475 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Sealing Pigtails - Opinions? (score: 1): Author: "Dubovsky, George" <George.Dubovsky@andrew.com>; Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:29:22 -0500; Ward, A coax pigtail technique I've used successfully for a long time is to avoid them - use a pair of connectors. But if the pigtail is unavoidable, I strip the coax jacket back from the edge of the; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-02/msg00078.html (11,028 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Sealing Pigtails - Opinions? (score: 1): Author: "Dick Green WC1M" <wc1m@msn.com>; Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 12:37:48 -0500; Hi Ward, Depends on the reason for the pigtail, but in many cases you can avoid the pigtail by using a commercial current balun. That works well for most wire antennas, as well as most yagis that hav; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-02/msg00079.html (10,581 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Sealing Pigtails - Opinions? (score: 1): Author: Chuck N7BV <ck2jones@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 12:00:24 -0800 (PST); GM Ward, In the past I have avoided having to seal pig-tails by using an SO-239 female connector mounted on plexi-glass or aluminum sheeting and PL-259's on the coax. Sealing the SO-239 is much easie; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-02/msg00082.html (9,920 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Sealing Pigtails - Opinions? (score: 1): Author: "Mark Beckwith" <n5ot@n5ot.com>; Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 08:03:33 -0600; Maybe this is a dumb question, or maybe not. I appreciate that one can "avoid" pigtails by using connectors, but if one ultimately has to connect to an antenna with some kind of lug, and for whatever; /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-02/msg00085.html (13,037 bytes)

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