[Boatanchors] Burying Coax

[Bob Jackson]

Sheldon (and others) are correct in that putting the coax inside the (gray) 
plastic pipe when burying it is a GOOD idea. (Ask me how I know that!) One 
word of caution, if you THINK you might want to replace the coax at some 
point, or just remove it if you should move, make sure you use a large 
diameter pipe. Coax will fit in 1" pipe, of course, but if you have to make 
ANY turns, you'll never get it back out because it will bind. (Ask me how I 
know THAT as well!). I'd suggest at least 2" pipe (which may not be 
available in the gray variety).

Just my 2 cents (born of experience),

Bob  AG5X

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sheldon Daitch" <sdaitch at kuw.ibb.gov>
To: "Ed White" <wa3bzt at verizon.net>; "Keith Densmore" <kmd at xplornet.ca>
Cc: <Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 2:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Burying Coax


I can't imagine good coaxial line is going to have any
difference in noise pickup buried or unburied, but I
could be wrong. It is Thursday and this could be
my first wrong of the day.

I might suggest if you are going to go the expense
and trouble of burying a coaxial line, if you ever think
you might replace the line, to also bury plastic water
pipe and run the coaxial line inside the pipe. At least
this way, you would be able to pull the coaxial line
out rather than dig it all up again.

Just a thought,

73
Sheldon
WA4MZZ

>
>
>
> On 12/7/2011 4:42 PM, Keith Densmore wrote:
> > Howdy Group,
> >
> > OK, so I admit I am not much of a farmer or gardener but I do have about 
> > a
> > 400 foot length run of coax from the house to the tree line here. I 
> > believe
> > that burying the coax will lower the noise pickup from the line. No way 
> > I
> > could trench that much of it by hand, so is there something mechanical 
> > you
> > can rent or buy that would dig a slit in the earth to bury the coax?
> >
> > Thanks All,
> >
> > Keith ve3ts
>
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