[Lowfer] Cat 5 cable

Sat, 3 May 2003 00:07:45 -0500

OK, so I would need about a mile of radial length to do much. I'll stick to
the way it is now. Yea I was thinking of using the #12 to pull the Cat 5 up
there. I hope like heck it doesn't get snagged as I know I can't yank on it
like I did with the #12 wire when it got snagged up beyond where I would
want to climb!!! Let me pull out the largest spool tomorrow morning and see
how long a continuous run is first. I suppose I can splice it and use
adhesive heatshrink to give it the strength so it doesn't fail up high. How
long would the Cat 5 last in the sunlight and would it handle a 100mph
wind??? My #12 loop has survived several 80 to 100mph winds and lots of ice
with heavy wind. I would hate to put something up and have it come down and
loose my wire to pull through the tree tops.

Mike>WE0H

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Bill Ashlock
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 11:57 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Lowfer] Cat 5 cable

Mike R,

>I certainly can install this conductor.

Great! Can you just pull it up in place with the existing #12?

>Now on the ground screen that no one replied to; is it going to help >if I
>ground my radials to the final amp ground???

Sorry about the lack of a reply to the ground screen question. I intended to
do this. My theory is that it is not needed due the soil acting as a fairly
good ground plane at 185k without it. At higher frequencies like 160M band
it may have some benefit as was reported in one of the recent revisions of
the ARRL Antenna book. This has to do with the formation of the gigantic
wave from the loop covering about a mile peak to peak at our frequencies.

Bill