Re: Topband: - Belden Snap n Seal

Yepme too. I got everything at Lowes.tools and all. One small thing. The correct part number is SNS1P6U-50R. The writing is small and Hank had a 5 in place of the second S. Also...the color of the connector indicates what coax is supposed to be used. Red is the correct color in this

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Re: Topband: - Belden Snap n Seal

I bought a box of 50 Belden Snap N Seal - the box says RG-6/6QS which I assumed meant it was ok for both but have never used it on anything but regular RG6 - I have the Belden Tool which I bought at same time. - part number of the connector is SN51P6U-50R It was at LOWES and was much less than

Re: Topband: underground cables question

On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 3:30 PM, N2TK, Tony wrote: > Crimp on F-connectors is the way to go. If you do it right it is very > difficult to pull off the connector. Wedge it I a vise and try to pull out > the coax. > IF you get the good crimp-ons! Can anyone recommend a

Re: Topband: underground cables question

Wes, has it.. these installations MUST take into consideration the effect of LOCAL conditions. With an average humidity of less than 25%, and an annual rainfall of 10 inches.. the high desert doesn't have water filled conduit (PVC) tubing full of water. IF it did.. there would be someone

Re: Topband: underground cables question

Hi Jeff, I have been using Commscope F660BEF flooded RG6 for years. I direct bury it. It has a PE jacket. It is used for all receive antenna feedlines. Also use it on 80M. Crimp on F-connectors is the way to go. If you do it right it is very difficult to pull off the connector. Wedge it I a vise

Re: Topband: underground cables question

I installed buryflex along with direct burial control cables last year.  I learned that it is best to directly bury the cables without conduit.  Water from condensation will eventually fill the conduit even if rain doesn't get in.  Possibly a different story in low humidity areas, I suppose,

Topband: Interplanetary DX

True of False - there is an 80 meter half wave dipole orbiting Mars? http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/~dag/publications/2009_TheMarsExpressMARSISSounderInstrument_PSS.pdf Wonder if anyone on Earth could detect the signal - but I suspect with 5 watts ERP - that it would be impossible. Tree N6TR

Re: Topband: underground cables question

It's really dangerous to make these "all" statements. I've been keeping rainfall numbers and reporting them to rainlog.org for 11 years.  My last measurable rain was 0.02 inches on Sept 14. The total for this year is 7.74 inches.  If I want my conduit filled with water I need to use a garden

Re: Topband: underground cables question

On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Gert Meinen wrote: > Never use PVC drain pipe to bury coax ... > Not even flooded coax? 73, Mike www.w0btu.com _ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband

Re: Topband: underground cables question

Hi John, Never use PVC drain pipe to bury coax or other cable, the molecules are that far apart that water eventually gets in no matter what. Better to use the same pipe your water supplier uses to get the water to your house, think its Polypropylene or something like that. That pipe will not let

Topband: RX/TX Antenna decoupling

Trevor, as well as the link from Chavdar, you might look at this You Tube video I made on detuning the TX antenna for reducing RX noise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38G-awzhQH0=13s 73, PeteR N8PR To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Topband: RX/TX Antenna decoupling Hello Trevor,

Re: Topband: underground cables question

I've never used RG-6 flooded, if the material is sticky how tough is it to get a good connection to the connector?? I'm getting ready to use some and just curious what I'm getting into. Thanks Jeff, N0OST On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 10:44 AM Wes Attaway (N5WA) wrote: >

Re: Topband: underground cables question

I installed 4 runs of BuryFlex through my slab and then out into the backyard about 15-years ago (when we built a new house) and it is still working fine. I have conduit through the slab (open at both ends) but the cable is direct buried out in the yard (about 24" deep). ---

Re: Topband: underground cables question

must have to do with the annual rainfall. I too come from 30+ years in telco and radio comm. There are 12 runs of 6 in conduit between building on one campus, and a number of others around that are still dry after being there for 20+ years. And the conduit, I am speaking of is PVC TUBE..

Re: Topband: underground cables question

I love it! Murphy should have a price on his head! Chuck W5PR On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 7:13 AM Guy Olinger K2AV wrote: > Coming from an ancient Telco background which included keeping microwave > waveguides dry for AT, unless you are willing to pressurize the conduit > at

Re: Topband: underground cables question

John, Although I didn't look up F1160 BEF, if it's basically flooded RG-6 (and therefore suitable for direct burial) then Just Do It! ;-) I use Commscope F6 dual- and quad-shield flooded coax at my QTH. It's the electrical equivalent of RG-6 coax with aluminum shielding and a copper-clad 18 AWG

Re: Topband: RX/TX Antenna decoupling

The answer to a lot of these either/or station wiring quandaries on RX/TX/RX transitions is a slow-relay assert-TX signal. This is a signal that would properly drive the frame relay RX/TX/RX in an un-QSK'd AL1200. This is available in any WinKey or WinKey based device like MicroHam. In contest

Re: Topband: underground cables question

Coming from an ancient Telco background which included keeping microwave waveguides dry for AT, unless you are willing to pressurize the conduit at one end and allow air to exit at the other, AND insure that the air is dry enough to not condensate at your coldest possible ground temperature, or

Re: Topband: RX/TX Antenna decoupling, (OFF LIST)

I discovered my rx antennas worked much better if my tx antenna was completely disconnected from the station. Most coaxial relays or T/R switches only break the center conductor. That's not good enough. There has to be a complete disconnection which I provided by using an open frame relay

Re: Topband: underground cables question

I have PVC conduits under my yard because the cables to the towers travel under landscaping and I am not able to dig things up to change or add cables. I have placed a length of half inch hose in each conduit with one end at the lowest point in each conduit. The other end of each hose comes up

Re: Topband: underground cables question

I agree with Ken, with only one option, and that would be if the conduit is open on both ends.. allowing free air flow thru. That situation, MAY help dry the water from sitting on the cable, depending on the average humidity at the underground temp. Warm air from inside.. to cold air outside