Richard,

Look for coax called "direct bury", which means it can be put  right in the 
ground without conduit or pipe.  More expensive, but nobody said it's a 
cheap hobby.  Although it's not buried, I use "Bury-Flex" by Davis RF.  Low 
loss, rugged, and  direct buriable.

There are other remote tuners besides MFJ.  I think  some of the LDG tuners 
are used in this fashion.   Of course you will need to provide a 
weather-proof enclosure.  You will no doubt need one that can withstand 11 
feet of snow on top of it.

73, Steve KW3A
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 9:34 PM
Subject: coax


> Hi;
> Its still very early but I am looking at possibly trying to ground mount a
> vertical.  When and if the snow melts I have to do some measuring.  I did
> this at another qth about 30 years ago.  As I recall we just berried the
> coax.  Any suggestions as to the best cable to avoid water damage and not
> have to dig it up in six months?
> Also, apparently mfj markets some type of remote tuner to be used at the
> antenna.  I don't have the model number but I wonder if anyone knows much
> about it or has tried it?  It was suggested by some people at force12 as
> something that could be used as a substitute for their remote matching
> system.
> Richard
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