[Boatanchors] How do I lay coaxial cable underground?

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

Use "direct burial" RG-213, "400" type coax, or Heliax equivalent hard line.  The 3/8" Heliax would be good, but connectors might be hard to find, expensive, and difficult to install.  I bough three 35 foot lengths of the 3/8" Heliax WITH N connectors in the Dayton Hamvention flea market 2 or 3 years back and they will go on my tower to bring 3 VHF antennas down to ground level.  That stuff is good for over 1 kW !  I will use 400 direct burial coax to take the signal over to my antenna input panel.


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From: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net <boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Howie WA3MCK <wa3mck at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2017 03:36
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Subject: [Boatanchors] How do I lay coaxial cable underground?

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
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