On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Jim Brown <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 4/14/2011 10:33 AM, Bill Wichers wrote: > the primary consideration is probably what Herb noted about > how well (poorly) indoor-rated cable is likely to stand up to outdoor > conditions. Although I love CAT5/6/7 for lots of uses, I wouldn't use > it for outdoor runs to antennas. > I fully agree. I have a 300'+ outdoor run of CAT6 on my LAN. The portion which is not in conduit is seriously deteriorating from the sun's ultraviolet rays after only about a year. For one of my reversible Beverage antennas, I just use a single RG-6 feedline. No need for a separate cable for both directions! You can buy flooded RG-6 coax in 1000' spools very inexpensively. Details are on my Beverage page at http://www.w0btu.com/Beverage_antennas.html. 73 Mike www.w0btu.com _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
