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Old April 18th 06, 10:18 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
David
 
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On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:45:32 -0400, "Robert11"
wrote:

Hello:

Have started running cvoax from a receve-only antenna to the house.
The coax has a Polyethylene (PE) Outer jacket.
With this PE jacket, it's upposed to be buriable.

It's becoming a real job for me at my age to dig a slit trench, even a
shallow one.
But, I can easily just lay the coax on the surface, without any reql danger
of anyone
stepping on it, etc. It's in a pretty out of the way area.

I realize that burying it is undoubtedly best, but in a practical
sense, how well does a PE outer jacket stand up if just laying on the ground
?
Would be subjected, of course, to rain, and also buried in snow during the
winter.

Again, it's receive only.

Thanks,
Bob

Just keep the skateboarders off it and you'll be fine. You'll still
need a well earthed grounding block where it enters the building.