Foam is not a good idea. It can become very difficult to remove.

Best is to use cooper wool. It will not rust nor flake and beasties do
not eat it. The stuff has become hard to find, however.

73 Mac N8TT

--
J. Mc Laughlin; Michigan U.S.A.
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wrote in message ...
What do folks use to run coax thru walls ?
I drilled the wall and put in a section of PVC. Ran all the coax and
then filled the PVC with foam in insulation.

Obviously one must fill the extra space with something just to keep bugs,
snakes, and mice from crawling in, but foaming seems sorta final in that,
when one wants to add another coax, the foam will need to be dug out.

I've always just stuffed fiberglas insulation around the coax, but here's
a QUESTION: Would using steel wool (which mice won't chew) affect
currents in and/or on the coax?

--
--Myron A. Calhoun.

Scott wrote:
I drilled the wall and put in a section of PVC. Ran all the coax and
then filled the PVC with foam in insulation.

Scott
N2WMD

On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 07:47:23 -0500, Amos Keag
wrote:


Richard W. Solomon, W1KSZ wrote:


I know you can get UHF type feedthrus in various lengths,
but do they exist in "N" Connector style.
What do folks use to run coax thru walls ?

Tnx, Dick, W1KSZ

Dick, I use a drill followed by a length of coax.

!-)

FOAM?? No!

Dick, get a tube of colored caulking compound. I use BROWN for a brown
house [of course]. It makes a weather and insect proof seal and is
easily removed if needed [simply pull the coax and both the coax and
caulking come right out].

Dave

well none of the above stops the Lightning getting into shack and racing
around zapping all and sundry ?
i got a Border Collie here that could get coax into a shack, stop getting
gear zapped , well thats different
heres what I did,
get ur coax from INSIDE TO OUTER WALL,
Terminate it pl259's or whatever, make 2 pieces of ally box section that
will fit together, on the outer side, alighn SO-239's on both ally pieces,
one to collect the coax from INSIDE the shack, and another row to collect
the terminated coax from the antennas,, slide the ally box section together,
and connect centre of SO-239's to SO -239's with BANANA PLUG centres to
ensure a RF connection,
position a Bolt on one side of one ally section, and form a S shaped piece
of ally flat with a hole drilled into it, to take a thin piece of rope,
terminate all so-239s with appropiate coax's ?/ all done, STORM comes, pull
rope, S shape pivots against the bolt in the ally section and UNPLUGS all
antennas together, KEEPING all the nasties OUTSIDE, when storm has gone
plug it back in,
been using one for 15 yrs,

73
will gladly take some pics if anyone wants



"David Shrader" wrote in message
...
Scott wrote:
I drilled the wall and put in a section of PVC. Ran all the coax and
then filled the PVC with foam in insulation. Scott
N2WMD

On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 07:47:23 -0500, Amos Keag
wrote:


Richard W. Solomon, W1KSZ wrote:


I know you can get UHF type feedthrus in various lengths,
but do they exist in "N" Connector style.
What do folks use to run coax thru walls ?

Tnx, Dick, W1KSZ

Dick, I use a drill followed by a length of coax.

!-)

FOAM?? No!

Dick, get a tube of colored caulking compound. I use BROWN for a brown
house [of course]. It makes a weather and insect proof seal and is easily
removed if needed [simply pull the coax and both the coax and caulking
come right out].

Dave

On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 23:41:51 GMT, "Richard W. Solomon, W1KSZ"
wrote:

I know you can get UHF type feedthrus in various lengths,
but do they exist in "N" Connector style.
What do folks use to run coax thru walls ?

Tnx, Dick, W1KSZ

www.thewireman.com has bulkhead double-female feedthroughs, some for
regular UHF connectors, and, yes, some for N connectors. You could
call them to get the various lengths they have in stock.

bob
k5qwg