you should see what my pet rabbit did to my cord to my cable box in the
living room here, he's lucky he lived and when I found it, I'm lucky I did,
I sure got shocked and burnt good from it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 8:56 AM
Subject: Re: coax feedline question
> Yeah, and we certainly have them around here!
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2010 11:41 PM
> Subject: Re: coax feedline question
>
>
> rabbits will eat it too.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2010 10:24 PM
> Subject: Re: coax feedline question
>
>
>> Darn: I forgot about the squirrel possibility!
>>
>> What is it that they find tasty in coax and electrical lines anyway?
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David R. Basden" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2010 9:28 PM
>> Subject: Re: coax feedline question
>>
>>
>> I haven't had any problem with moisture, but ground squirrels did
>> find it tasty!
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Dave, W7OQ
>>
>> At 05:50 PM 10/2/2010, you wrote:
>>>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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