On 11/16/2013 2:51 AM, Ray Benny wrote:
The subject of bundling tower coax with a spiral/twist type material was
recently mentioned. I cannot seem to find it.
I would like to bundle my coax and other cables, hanging from coax arms, to
protect them from UV rays. My QTH is high desert, almost 5000 ft elevation
and control lines on other towers are starting to be affected. I used non
UV resistant cables that I had on hand at the time,
My Opinion:
Because of the cost and work involved, I'd choose to just replace the
cables.
There are very few coax cables and rotator cables that are very
sensitive to UV.
The only brand name coax sensitive to UV "that I know of" are the
UltraFlex versions of the LMR series.
I do have "old" rotator cables that the outer jacket is failing after
nearly 30 years.
If the cables have been up long enough to already show substantial
deterioration, it's time to replace them anyway.
73
Roger (K8RI)
Does anyone have leads to locate some of this UV resistant material? I've
seen this type of material for indoor cables, in 6 - 8 ft lengths. I'm
hoping someone makes long lengths, 50 ft or so and of different diameters.
Just a thought, has anyone successfully used large diameter black water
drip line for this? Seems to cover 2 RG8 size coax cables, a #12/2 copper
line and a 3/8" control line would require at least a 1" diameter line.
Tnx,
Ray, N6VR
Chino Valley, AZ
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