COAX as radials:
For those of you around Indianapolis, every couple of years, the Indy
Raceway replaces (throws away, or allows the scrap man to pick up...MILES
of 75 Ohm video cable used at the track. This and possibly other similar
venues may be sources of scrap coax....
73, DX, de
Pat, AA6EG/N6IJ;
aa6eg@hh.tmx.com
599 DX Drive, Marina CA 93933
"The Contest Station from the Government"
On Wed, 5 May 1999, Bruce Goldstein wrote:
>
> I am a 'big' user of scrap coax for my radials. I strip about an inch
> or two of the outer and inner insulation short the inner conductor to
> the shield connect to my base plate and lay it on the ground and
> use chain link fence ties to staple into the ground. After a couple
> of weeks, I can not even find them!
>
> It works great! Now just to find another couple thousand feet for
> the 'right' price!
>
> From: "John Morrison" <john@planetc.com>
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Coax as radials??
> Date sent: Wed, 5 May 1999 09:54:33 -0400
>
> >
> > I received about 400 feet of TV cable Coax and would like to know how it
> > would work as ground radials????? I have a Butternut antenna that uses
> > radials. I am having some yard work done and this would be a great
time to
> > get these in the ground. If Coax is not good to use what would be? What
> > about bare copper as opposed to insulated wire?? Would there be a better
> > use for the TV Coax????
> >
> > Thanks for the help,
> > John
> > KC4SAW
> > Johnson City, Tennessee
> > john@planetc.com
> >
> >
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