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

[Ed Nielsen <egnlsn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don't get w_tom started!!!


CIAO!

Ed N.

DanS wrote:
> Roger <GetValidAddress@xxxxxx> wrote in
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> You must be the god of w_tom !!!! (Some of you may know.)
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>> 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.
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>> BTW with that many visually confirmed hits I wonder how many times it
>> actually gets hit.
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>> 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.
>>
>>>> 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
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