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Re: [TowerTalk] Marking?Identifying Coax Cables

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Marking?Identifying Coax Cables
From: Martin Flynn <maflynn@theflynn.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 22:16:57 -0400
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Valve tags:  http://identificationtags.com/valve-tags.aspx? as an example

73 Martin

W2RWJ

On 10/12/2018 9:57 PM, Don Havlicek wrote:
How about using colored shrink wrap?
73
Don
N8DE

Sent from my Verizon Motorola Smartphone
On Oct 12, 2018 9:32 PM, Don <w7wll@arrl.net> wrote:
Looking for any good methods anyone has used to PERMANENTLY mark/ID coax
when you've a lot of cable running.

Tried colored tape (including the best 3M) but found it fades after a
short period (like a year) exposed to my wind. salt water and UV
environment. (OK in the closed junction box but not on the long exposed
runs to and from)

I faintly  remember that there was aluminum or soft copper cable
surrounds that the military used where one could write into or prestamp
the material before attaching, indenting the surface pretty deep. Have
not found a source for these.

But maybe you folks have some other good ideas. My wife suggested the
aluminum tags she uses for her roses and other flowers but the little
wire that holds the tag to the item must be a size 28 or smaller, I can
imagine how long a fluttering tag like that would last, a few days and
it would rust out or be torn off.

Don W7WLL
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