Well Tom, I was just thinking of some wooden type that you could drive into
the ground with a hammer. Home depot has some thin bamboo sticks which are
several feet long and they may work. 73
Ed K7UC
----- Original Message -----
From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2010 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: coax feedline question
>
> Ed:
>
> Good idea!
>
> What kind of stakes would be good for this purpose, and how high would I
> want the coax to be?
>
> I guess I'd want it to be several feet off the ground, to take into
> account
> the amount of snow we can have here in the heart of winter?
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2010 9:42 PM
> Subject: Re: coax feedline question
>
>
> Tom, drive a few thin stakes into the ground an raise the
> line off the ground and tape it to the top of the stakes or something on
> that order. 73
> Ed K7UC
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2010 6:50 PM
> Subject: coax feedline question
>
>
>> Hi, again, folks.
>>
>> I have a question regarding my new Alpha Delta DXCC installation, that I
>> need some honest feedback on.
>>
>> Today, when my help installed the RG8X feedline for the antenna, they did
>> it
>> in a way that makes it necessary for about ten to fifteen feet of the
>> coax
>> to lie on the ground. This portion of coax runs between my house and
>> the
>> garage, on which the center of the antenna is mounted. This is not an
>> area
>> where people walk, so I don't believe it is an undue tripping hazard.
>>
>> However, having the coax run on the ground concerns me for another
>> reason.
>> Am I correct in suspecting that, over time, the part of the feedline
>> which
>> is lying on the ground will absorb moisture, and eventually fail?
>>
>> My dilemma here is that I don't want to be ungrateful or overly
>> demanding,
>> but I don't want to create problems for myself later on. At the same
>> time,
>> if running the coax along the ground is something that many people do
>> without problems, maybe I should just leave well enough alone.
>>
>> The coax run I'm using may have enough excess coax so that we could run
>> the
>> coax overhead between the house and garage, but I am not totally sure of
>> that at this time.
>>
>> I suppose I could also get a piece of conduit and run the coax through
>> it,
>> but that is harder to do now that the feedline is already installed
>> between
>> the antenna feed point and my ham shack window feed through pannel.
>>
>> Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>
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