[TVARC] Drilling through 'stucco' walls for antenna coax

[John Ellis]

K

If all you are doing is getting a couple of pieces of
cable thru the wall, just bore a hole from the inside
between the studs where you won't expect to hit
any water or electricity. Once you have gotten thru
the sheetrock and the the concrete block, just enlarge t
he hole in the block so it is big enough to where you
can comfortably fit your cables thru, mount a NEMA
4" X 4" 4" box on the outside to accept your cables.

Bring you cables or your conduit from the antenna
thru the bottom side of the box, seal any openings
with RTV or silicone compound, connect 'em up &
call CQ. Paint the box the same color as the house
if necessary or plant a petunia in from of it or park
a 73 Plymouth 4 door sedan (with rust intact) in the
front lawn to get everybody's mind off of it. 😀

That's JMHO FWIW ...
J






On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 5:39 AM, Anthony Hackenberg <
anthony.w.hackenberg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Ken/WB2ART,
>
> I hired the same electrical contractor that wired my home.  In my case,
> this was Pike's Electric.  They did a very professional and neat job of
> routing multiple coax lines out from my shack (front room of my home)
> through the stucco wall into buried conduit and out to my flagpole
> antenna.  They even managed to make it look even nicer by partially hiding
> the grey (waterproof) junction box on the outside by placing it very near a
> downspout.  If I would have drilled through the stucco myself, it would
> have looked like a kindergarten kid did it.  Pike's crew did and excellent
> job.
>
> Pike's Electric is very willing to do this type of work.  The crew I got
> listened to and implemented my design criteria.  I'd hire them again in a
> heartbeat.
>
> 73,
> Tony/K4QR
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 9:27 PM, Ken Kaplan <wb2art at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>> I am planning to drill through from our front 'office' to put in a pvc
>> pipe for a coax feedthrough.
>> The home is concrete block an 'Iris' model.
>> Any suggestions will be appreciated.
>> 73
>> Ken WB2ART
>> (LaBelle north)
>>
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