Hi Dave, There are lots of mice and squirrels here in the rural Ozarks, but they've never chewed on my Commscope flooded quad-aluminum-shield RG-6. (Yet. :-)
*Perhaps your coax has a soy-based plastic jacket.* There are countless stories of rodents destroying the wiring harnesses of parked cars, because soy-based plastic --apparently mandated by the government-- tastes good (so I hear). www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&q=mice+ate+wiring+in+car+%22soy%22 I bought two 1000' rolls of that coax from eBay, perhaps 4 or 5 years ago. One run of it, perhaps 600', is lying on the ground; some still exposed, some not. Another run of it, from another spool and another seller(?) is ~60% encased in PVC conduit where it runs across an open field. (If you do that, DON'T put it where vehicles can drive over it! Use metal conduit instead.) I can try and see if I can find the sellers if you're interested. 73, Mike www.w0btu.com _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
