Hi John,
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I apologize for the situation.
At this point it does look like the factory gave us a problem on one section
of production. I am calling Press Jones now at the Wireman to discuss this
and your order. I am sure that we will get this worked out and I apologize
for the inconvenience and concern this has caused you. Either I, or Press,
will contact you and I will make sure of that.
73, Steve K1PEK cc: js, kj;pJones, da
Tel: 978-369-1738 Fax: 978-369-3484
DAVIS RF Co., Div. of Orion Wire Co.
Wire/Cable Design Eng'g & Distribution
Main office: 800-Davis RF (328-4773)
----- Original Message -----
From: "wa5zup" <wa5zup@msn.com>
To: "'Steve Davis -Davis RF Co.'" <sdavis@davisrf.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 7:58 AM
Subject: Davis RF Bury-Flex Tm (Response from Steve,DAVIS RF Co.)
> Hi Steve
> I bought 250' of Bury-Flex from "The Wireman" back in August. I have not
> used it yet.
> The markings on the cable say "Bury-Flex" TM Davis RF Co. Looks official
> to
> me. The cable does not have the alu shield, only the braid.
> I would like to get what I paid for!
> Is this a production mistake?
> How do I fix this?
>
> Thanks
> John wa5zup
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Steve Davis -Davis
> RF
> Co.
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:42 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com; k6xyz@sbcglobal.net;
> wesattaway@bellsouth.net
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Davis RF Bury-Flex Tm (Response from Steve,DAVIS
> RF
> Co.)
>
>
> Hi Wes, Dave, et al,
>
> Well, at first I was hoping I could claim "nolo contendre" in this
> matter,
>
> based solely on the Subject name "Davis" was misspelled "David", ... HI .
> Darn, this finally came back to haunt me after 10+ years of this product,
> "Bury-Flex" Tm, in that "Bury-Flex" is quite different from the Belden
> product 9914, but by error it got assigned that part #
> a long time ago. Later, when I realized the potential problem, I
> succumbed
> to my accounting guy who said that our (at the time) rather user
> UNfriendly
> acctg software would belch several ways to Sunday if we changed the part
> #,
> the least of which was the historical accounting comparisons.
> As far as Dave receiving cable with only braid shield, and no print on
> the
>
> cable, I suspect that the wrong cable got on that reel, and regardless, I
> apologize. Contact me, or I'll try you Wed., and we'll arrange a pick-up
> by
>
> UPS (you won't need to be around) and we'll send out the replacement
> today.
>
> Yes, Bury-Flex Tm has a bonded alu shield on top of the foam dielectric
> and then the
> tinned copper braid over the bonded shield.
> Bury-Flex has been a very popular product both with hams; commercially
> and with the military. It is not strictly for burial either as it serves
> almost all other (similar) transmission line applications, has a high
> durometer PE outer jacket which provides a highly abrasion resistant and
> low
>
> loss for it's OD and cost. No plasticizers in PE so it does not suffer UV
> thus can last 30 + years in most outside ambients. And the neat thing:
> We've found that rodents don't like it...they'd rather find PVC control
> cables, coaxes, etc.to chew on....which is why our rotor control cables
> are
> also made with PE.
>
> Lastly: crank up towers: coil this coax at the tower bottom and it works
> super when raising/lowering.
>
> Sorry folks for the confusion ! 73, Steve , K1PEK
>
> Tel: 978-369-1738 Fax: 978-369-3484
> DAVIS RF Co., Div. of Orion Wire Co.
> Wire/Cable Design Eng'g & Distribution
> Main office: 800-Davis RF (328-4773)
>
>
>>Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:10 PM
> To: 'k6xyz'; 'towertalk'
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] David RF Bury-Flex
>
> Dave:
>
> You mentioned 9914F BF and Bury Flex so I thought maybe there were two
> different coax items.
>
> Based on a later post, it seems I was recalling the 9913 air-dielectric
> cable. I was close .... one digit off!
>
> The coax in the picture you sent to me does not look exactly like what I
> have or what the Davis RF catalog shows. Davis is a good supplier so I am
> sure they will help you to determine what is going on.
>>
>
>> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:40:40 -0600
>> From: "k6xyz" <k6xyz@sbcglobal.net>
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] David RF Bury-Flex
>> To: "'towertalk'" <towertalk@contesting.com>
>> Message-ID: <03dd01c862e1$219f97d0$f1389540@skunkputer>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> Recently I bought some Bury-Flex direct from Davis and in preparing to
>> install the connectors I noticed that this coax only has a single braided
>> shield.
>> The 9914F B-F that Davis advertises has a braided shield and a 'bonded'
>> foil
>> shield under the braid.
>> There are no numbers on the coax I received from them.
>> http://www.davisrf.com/coax.php#buryflex
>>
>> Does anyone have any info on this apparent discrepancy??
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Dave Harmon
>> K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
>> Sperry, Ok.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 11
>> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:58:05 -0600
>> From: "Wes Attaway \(N5WA\)" <wesattaway@bellsouth.net>
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] David RF Bury-Flex
>> To: "'k6xyz'" <k6xyz@sbcglobal.net>, "'towertalk'"
>> <towertalk@contesting.com>
>> Message-ID: <460D6C7CD4DA403692F40B8BF1244B0A@OFFICE>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> Is 9914F B-F the same as "regular" Bury-Flex?
>>
>> I put in Bury-Flex about 4 years ago and it did not have the slightest
>> resemblance to 9914. It had the braided shield and bonded foil, and a
>> solid
>> dielectric.
>>
>> Doesn't 9914 have a large air space? Maybe I am wrong on this (am going
>> strictly from memory). If so, then you may have received something
>> different than what you intended to order.
>>
>>
>> ----------------- Wes Attaway (N5WA) ------------------
>> 1138 Waters Edge Circle, Shreveport, LA 71106
>> (318)797-4972(office) -- 393-3289(cell)
>> Computer Consulting, Forensics, Data Recovery
>> -------------- EnCase Certified Examiner --------------
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
>> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of k6xyz
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:41 PM
>> To: 'towertalk'
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] David RF Bury-Flex
>>
>> Recently I bought some Bury-Flex direct from Davis and in preparing to
>> install the connectors I noticed that this coax only has a single braided
>> shield.
>> The 9914F B-F that Davis advertises has a braided shield and a 'bonded'
>> foil
>> shield under the braid.
>> There are no numbers on the coax I received from them.
>> http://www.davisrf.com/coax.php#buryflex
>>
>> Does anyone have any info on this apparent discrepancy??
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Dave Harmon
>> K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
>> Sperry, Ok.
>>
>>
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>>
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