> Another reason to be leery of crimp connectors. My soldered connector > stubs > are still fine after 25 years at 2 locations in very high humidity > enviroments.
Crimp connections are used all through the CATV industry, and many other places, and are just fine for many years when properly made. All of my internal house wiring is non-flooded, as are all the cables in my contest barn. There are millions of feet of non-flooded cables in MATV and CATV systems, which is also not a problem provided cables are properly installed and correct connectors used. The real problem is using non-flooded cables outdoors, which with even a tiny hole will contaminate. Woven copper can actually be worse once it has been damp inside. Strands in the weave tarnish, and cause high losses and poor shield performance. The advantage of foil is it has no weave, so surface corrosion does not deteriorate the cable nearly as fast as in woven conductors. The only problem, provided the shield has not corroded through, are end connections and the seam. Seam integrity is mostly problematic at UHF and higher. 73 Tom _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
