Rebuilding my station

[3t3]

Alex -

Twenty five years ago, I put 150' of RG-8 outside, with one end just 
laying in the grass on the 'house end' and the other end was/is up on 
top of my 70' tall tower connected to a balun.  It went unused for about 
20 years and is now back in regular use, handling a KW+ at 80m - 10m and 
it is doing just fine, without even cutting off and replacing the PL-259 
end connectors.  Guess it lasts a long time so you are probably going to 
do just fine resurrecting your station.  Keep us advised on your 
progress - will be looking for you on the bands..
73 de

     Terry McCarty
    3t3 at comcast.net
        wa5nti



Alex Fraser wrote:

>     Over the last few years, my interest in ham radio dwindled.  I let 
> my antennas sit unused and ended up taking them all down, but one.   
> I've been having some fun playing with that one last antenna and think 
> I might want to improve my station again.  
>
>     Today I was tasked with draining our garden hoses for the upcoming 
> deep freeze.  I stretched them out in the yard running down hill so 
> they will drain out the water.  I looked at them in the yard and 
> decided that I ought to stretch out some of the used coax I'm going to 
> need for rebuilding my antenna farm.  It seemed like a logical idea at 
> the time, though regurgitating the moment I can't figure what that 
> logic was all about, still it is progress.   I'll cut off the ends of 
> the cable to check for water damage and put new connectors on after I 
> check for shorts.   It's nice looking RG8 and I got it used from a 
> local ham who was down sizing his station.  That was 15 years ago and 
> he probably had it up in the air for a while, so it's 20 to 30 years 
> old.  Just how long does this stuff last?   Who has the oldest coax 
> still in use?
>
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