> I bought some 7/8" heliax that was damaged in shipping. It has some
> kinks/dents in the runs and some cuts & tears in the outer jacket. I'm
> planning to use this for long runs (250') at 7 - 28 mhz. Assuming the cuts
&
> tears in the outer jacket are sufficiently resealed, how critical are the
> kinks and dents at these frequencies?
I wouldn't worry about cuts or tears or even minor deformation. Minor
damage on HF is only detectable with a TDR or some other instrumentation.
A real "kink" is where there is a crimp and the outer conductor is
fatally deformed.
Otherwise go nuts.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH
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