Re: Best brand coax and F connector for HD cable?

[DanS <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Roger <GetValidAddress@xxxxxx> wrote in
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You must be the god of w_tom !!!! (Some of you may know.)




>
> It meets code and works well.  Besides to get that 130 foot run from
> the house to the shop leaves little in the way of alternatives.  My
> only real concern for the Gigabit network is lightning as the tower
> has taken an average of 3 visually confirmed direct hits a year since
> it was installed. It took five hits this past summer  I'd go wireless
> but it's just too slow for the amount of traffic I put on the network.
> I was operating this computer when the last strike occurred (Wireless
> keyboard and mouse).  All 4 computers on the network were up and
> running and I had a large file transfer going between the computer to
> my right and the one in the shop.  When the lightning hit the lights
> blinked, the UPSs squealed, the network went down, right back up, and
> continued the file transfer.
>
> BTW with that many visually confirmed hits I wonder how many times it
> actually gets hit.
>
> The point behind all of his is: Proper termination and grounding along
> with good coax allow this system to work well in an environment far
> more severe/hostile than most will ever experience.
>
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>>> Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
>>> (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
>>> www.rogerhalstead.com
> Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
> (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
> www.rogerhalstead.com
>