At HF, I doubt you'll see much savings going to 1/2" CATV hardline over
Buryflex. On 10m, the difference in 195' of line is about 1 dB or so. On
40m, it's less.
However, there's no reason not to use the line if you want to. If it's 15
years old, I'd cut off an end and look carefully at the cable's
cross-section, in search of signs of any contamination due to water...if the
dielectric is pure white, and peeling that away reveals a shiny copperclad
aluminum center conductor beneath (shiny copper color, not tarnished), it's
likely to be just fine.
WB2WIK/6
"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure with no loss of
enthusiasm." -Winston Churchill
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Bullon [SMTP:kc5ajx@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 2:40 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [Towertalk] CATV Questions
>
> Hello All
> I recently acquired some 1/2" CATV, I was told it was stuff that they had
> replaced and that it was at least 15 years old. I can't find any markings
> on
> the stuff I have but I did find a small piece in the pile they had that
> had
> "Comscope 1983" on it. Is this the right stuff to use on my tower??
>
>
>
> The tower is about 135' from the shack.I also have 2 60' runs of coax on
> the
> tower
> Will I see any benefit of using the CATV for these runs instead of
> BuryFlex??? ( I already have the Buryflex on hand).
>
> I have been though the archives so I have plenty of info on making
> connectors for the CATV
> TIA
> 73
> Rick
> KC5AJX
>
>
>
>
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