I have used Sharpie permanent black markers on white PVC pipe
outdoors. It seems to last 2-3 months before fading away to nothing!
I don't think covering the tape with clear shrink wrap will help. It's
the UV that break down all this stuff, and I doubt the shrink wrap
blocks it.
Barry
On 2 Feb 01, n4kg@juno.com wrote:
> I just bought a roll of YELLOW electrical tape
> at LOWES, wrap it around the coax with a
> 'tab' on each end which I stick together and
> write the name of each antenna on the tab
> using a permanent black marker.
>
> de Tom N4KG
>
> On Fri, 2 Feb 2001 (PST) GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com> writes:
> > I recently read that a good way to mark coax cables
> > (think it was at W4AN's station) used different
> > colored tape applied to the cables to show the
> > different bands, etc. I've been looking but have yet
> > to find a "set" of tape with more than three colors.
> > Since one of the colors was black, there were only two
> > colors available to use on black coax! It would be
> > nice to find a set with nine colors like the resistor
> > color code. Anyone ever run across something like
> > this?
> >
> > 73, Stew K3ND
> >
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