I'd be more concerned with animals eating at it. I never run mien on the ground so can't say for sure on moisture though have known people to have that problem, but I'd think animals eating at it would be a bigger problem and ruin it a lot faster. ----- Original Message ----- From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2010 8:50 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