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

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

I've had coax running though my yard for the past five or six years. It was
just laid across the grass. Gradually it worked it's way out of sight and
show's no sign of deterioration (electrically). We use the yard a lot, I
mow over it, water it, herbicide it, and everything. It survives the harsh
Alberta winters, wet springs, and all. It was just some RG-213 that I picked
up at a flea market!!!!

Irv VE6BP
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Beating it with diet and exercise!
297/215/210 (to be revised lower)
58"/43"(!)/44" (already lower too!)
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The most harmful thing to most plastics outdoors is sunlight. I've had
some PE jacketed coax outside for many years without noticeable
degradation. However, it gets buried in the grass after a couple of
years so doesn't get a whole lot of direct sun. Clear PE will
deteriorate fairly quickly, but black coloring prevents penetration of
the UV light, so I'd expect black PE jacketed cable to last a very long
time. Rain, snow, and temperature extremes aren't a problem.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

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

Irv,

Don't plant your coax cables too close together or they won't grow
properly!

(Don - guess who?)

On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:20:31 GMT, Irv Finkleman
wrote:

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

I've had coax running though my yard for the past five or six years. It was
just laid across the grass. Gradually it worked it's way out of sight and
show's no sign of deterioration (electrically). We use the yard a lot, I
mow over it, water it, herbicide it, and everything. It survives the harsh
Alberta winters, wet springs, and all. It was just some RG-213 that I picked
up at a flea market!!!!

Irv VE6BP
--
--------------------------------------
Diagnosed Type II Diabetes March 5 2001
Beating it with diet and exercise!
297/215/210 (to be revised lower)
58"/43"(!)/44" (already lower too!)
--------------------------------------
Visit my HomePage at http://members.shaw.ca/finkirv/index.html
Visit my Baby Sofia website at http://members.shaw.ca/finkirv4/index.htm
Visit my OLDTIMERS website at http://members.shaw.ca/finkirv5/index.htm
--------------------
Irv Finkleman,
Grampa/Ex-Navy/Old Fart/Ham Radio VE6BP
Calgary, Alberta, Canada