[Boatanchors] How do I lay coaxial cable underground?

[Rob Atkinson]

Run some Andrew Heliax.  You can get a 3/8 inch width and its jacket
will allow burial and be fine as is for years.   The lower power you
run, the lower loss feedline you need.

73
Rob
K5UJ


On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 3:36 AM, Howie WA3MCK <wa3mck at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wireless friends;
>
> I want to ground mount my R5 vertical.
>
> To do so I need to run about 40 feet of coax, underground,   from the base
> of the antenna to my shack.
>
> What type of an RG-58 equivalent coaxial cable is rated for direct burial
> underground?
>
> I was thinking a slit trench several inches deep would do the trick. What
> say you?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Howie WA3MCK
>