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January 12th 06, 08:36 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

wrote:
Robert11 asked:
Was wondering if one can consider the vinyl
coating on coax these days as being water and snow "proof" ?

It's good for a couple of years.

It depends on the environment, but in many cases sun and ozone can do a
lot more damage to the cable than snow and rain will.

There's also contamination of the foam inner insulator by plastic goop from
the outer jacket. If you can find non-contaminating coax, it will keep its
characteristics a whole lot longer.

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