[SBE] hole in heliax

[Dave Dybas]

Steve, 

If this was foam filled Heliax then splicing would be an OK solution.

But, if this is pressurized spiral insulator type Heliax then there is a
good chance that there is contamination, ie: bits and pieces, lying around
inside the Heliax. Replacing 25 feet of the line may work, you may get all
those pieces when you remove the 25 foot section...but then again you may
not.

If your tower climbers aren't too expensive I take the risk and replace the
25 feet. And if it blows out again then you go to Plan B!

Dave Dybas

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-----Original Message-----
From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Gary
Blievernicht
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 1:56 PM
To: sbe member discussion mail list
Subject: [SBE] hole in heliax

We have two holes in the 3" (air) heliax run to our stand-by antenna. The
antenna is at the 500 foot level on our tower, the holes are about six feet
apart at about the 300 foot level.  Might have been lightning?  Might have
blow out when we applied power on Friday for the first time in months? .
The line had been holding pressure until last Friday, so, I'm figuring it
blew out.  

Wonder if we should just splice out twenty-five feet of heliax or if we
should, at considerably more expense, replace the entire run.

Or try the splice and see what happens?

I can send anyone a pair of pictures if you are interested.




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