Will shutting a car door on the coax from the antenna do any harm? It
creates an indention in the cable.

Nathan

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Will shutting a car door on the coax from the antenna do any harm? It
creates an indention in the cable.

A "small" indention won't do any harm. However small is a relative term. If
the indention is too big you'll short the outer shield to the center
conductor. You don't want that to happen, period. If you have access to a
SWR meter then check your match. If it's 2 to 1 or less then don't worry
about it.

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"Leland C. Scott" wrote:
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Will shutting a car door on the coax from the antenna do any harm? It
creates an indention in the cable.

A "small" indention won't do any harm. However small is a relative term.
If the indention is too big you'll short the outer shield to the center
conductor. You don't want that to happen, period. If you have access to a
SWR meter then check your match. If it's 2 to 1 or less then don't worry
about it.

Leland is a coax expert. Check out his high tech coax run.

http://img57.echo.cx/my.php?image=scan00035xn.jpg

Hello Nathan 0515:

I use RG-142 Coax, it is the same size as RG-58 only its bullet proof.

New it will cost almost 2 dollars a foot, but I have slamed the truck
door on it for years and years.

Jay in the Mojave

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Will shutting a car door on the coax from the antenna do any harm? It
creates an indention in the cable.

Nathan

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"Leland C. Scott" wrote:
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Will shutting a car door on the coax from the antenna do any harm? It
creates an indention in the cable.

A "small" indention won't do any harm. However small is a relative term.
If the indention is too big you'll short the outer shield to the center
conductor. You don't want that to happen, period. If you have access to
a
SWR meter then check your match. If it's 2 to 1 or less then don't worry
about it.

Leland is a coax expert. Check out his high tech coax run.

18,400+ look ups on QRZ and counting considering I don't even do HF. 8-))

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Leland C. Scott
KC8LDO

Linux - The alternative OS to Micro$oft Windows

http://img57.echo.cx/my.php?image=scan00035xn.jpg