My five coax loops that were savaged by toothy critters were all Super Flex with a PE jacket. I mentioned this to Press Jones at The Wireman and he said PE was marginally better than PVC in this regard, not not significantly so. OTOH, flooding might be a good idea.
Garry, NI6T On 3/13/2012 4:01 PM, Bill Wichers wrote: > You can get coax with a PE outer jacket, although I think they usually > use MDPE instead of HDPE for coax. All you need to do is order the > direct-bury type, which should almost always have a PE jacket. Getting > the flooded kind will also help if you do get any tooth-holes in your > cable. > > BTW, it's surprisingly reliable to test for a PE jacket using the > "fingernail scratch test". After you've done it enough times you can > identify a PE jacket by the "feel" when you scratch it. I know it sounds > goofy, but it's almost 100% reliable after you get the feel for it. PE > has a unique feel to it when scratched with an edge (like a fingernail > :-). Try it and you'll know what I mean. This is handy if you have > mystery wire and want to test it. > > -Bill > >> If we could purchase Coax cable and other smaller wires with the HDPE >> covering, life could be easier. (Also less costly) The 1000 foot > roll >> of >> telephone cable is worth considering, for now. >> >> 73 >> Bruce-K1FZ > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
