On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 20:39:15 GMT, yea right wrote:

First, after all this thread, this, the original post, turned up on my
server today Oct 21st, but dated the 18th.

I would like to bury my coax for a distance of about 20ft. The location
consist of 6" of crushed decorative rocks over the top of very rocky soil.

I intend to take the LMR-400 coax and push it through a garden hose to add
a layer of protection. However, I am worried that condensation will


Don't worry about it...LMR-400 hangs out in the rain, it'll survive
inside a garden hose full of water.

quickly fill the airspace of the hose with water and it will either
penetrate the coax outer jacket or interfere with the performance of it in
some unknown negative way.

Just don't have any unprotected connectors inside the hose. Probably
the best would be to drill a number of holes at 90 degrees to each
other along the length of the hose so it can drain. (before ins
talling the coax G)The hose only serves as a mechanical protector.


I can not flood the garden hose with petroleum oil as it will soon eat
through the PVC jacket of the coax or garden hose. Ideally, I would like

Don't worry about it. It's not worth the effort and eventually the
work to clean it up.

to flood the hose with the same stuff they put into underground cables. It
has a honey consistency and is not easily displaced by water. I was hoping
for some type of silicon oil but am unable to find anything similar at the
hardware store.

We used to use silicon oil, but you really shouldn't be worried about
it.

You might need to use some wire pulling soap (the gooey yellow stuff)
to push the LMR-400 through, but the stuff is stiff enough I would
expect it to go through fine.

It t takes a good can to two cans to get a cable through my 4 inch
conduit now that it has so many cables in it. The yellow stuff is
easy to clean up

Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)

Anybody have any suggestions?