[Lowfer] Watertight Coax

Wed, 5 Mar 2003 21:49:25 -0600

Definitely use the self-fusing tape and you will never have a wet feedline
again. Watch out for the prices though. It sells for $2.00 a roll and other
brands sell for $6.00 a roll. I own both expensive and cheep rolls and they
are the same. The stuff is great for sealing speakers to their enclosures
also. That is the first reason for me buying it.

How is that CW coming along??? You better get cracking so we can bug you on
136.....

Mike>WE0H
http://www.we0h.us/lf

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Bill Ashlock
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 9:43 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Lowfer] Watertight Coax

>I use the high voltage self-fusing tape that is sold at Home Depot. It
> >stays on for years and is watertight. When you need to remove it, it >can
>be picked off with your fingernails and doesn't leave any adhesive >goo on
>your connectors or hands for that matter.

Thanks Mike. I'll check this out.

Here's the latest saga: I re-spiced the coax at the connection that came
apart when I pulled up the line the other night and, now, there is no loss
at all compared to the bypass line. The only thing that points to this
splice (two F connectors and a male-male connector) as being the culprit is
the DC resistance. I measured about 23 ohms at the receiver end in the 'bad'
condition vs 9 ohms tonight after re-splicing (the antenna represents a
short because it's only 6T on the toroid). Can't figure how 14 ohms of
contact resistance could kill that much signal.

Bill