Co-Ax cable run options.

[gordon_s1942]

Due to my antenna being just a bit away, 105 metres, I have laid out new Quad shield RG6 and ran it thru 10/15 mm black poly garden pipe used for drip feeds etc.
At the moment some 40 metres is run along a colour bond fence nicely out of the way but the rest is laying on the ground from the end of the fence to the antenna and now the weather is more inducive to work outside I want to locate this part where it will be less likely to be damaged.
This part runs diagonaly across the yard and I have 2 options.
One is to bury it and Two is to put up an aerial wire and suspend it.
With option 1 is the problem of the ground being heavy rock hard clay plus some very large Pine tree roots bisect the run area.
It would need either a chisel plow or a trench escavator.
This cable I have laid out isnt the 'Flooded' kind so I am not sure if it is a good idea to bury it even tho it is in that Poly pipe.
The Poly pipe is in various lengths as I scavanged it from various sources.It was FREE too, just the price I like.
I do have suitable trees to suspend it from and height is not a problem, just the main span would be at a guess 35 metres?
I thought of tying the poly pipe with the coax inside to the wire using cable ties, 18 inchs apart?
But for future reference, if burying cable was to be consided in an installation, any hints,tips or donts on it ?

[Electrotech]

Wow!!! you just reminded me I need to get more coax I used nearly 500m worth on a job yesterday .... cheers.

[gordon_s1942]

Not on the one job I hope.

[mtv]

Use flooded type for any undergound use.

Flooding compound isn't just in case of jacket damage, it prevents the ingress of moisture from the cold/damp environment.

There is currently no depth regulations for TV cable (unlike power, data and telecommunications) so even if you can manage to get it just below the surface, will help protect it.

For overhead, I use cable with an integrated catenary wire.

For better external protection against bird attack, enclosing cable in polypipe or conduit helps, which in turn is supported on a conventional multi-strand catenary.

If you are using cable ties, ensure they are of a good-quality UV resistant type, and do not overtighten them, causing cable crushing.

Fot this type of use, I normally use stainless stell cable ties, but they are expensive compared to the nylon varieties.

[gordon_s1942]

Birds are one of the reasons I ran this in Poly pipe to begin with as I often get flocks of Black Cockatoos who love the feed on the pine nuts they strip out of the pine cones.
I had a section of Coax 'chawed' by them so I know how damaging they can be.
For the catenary I was going to run a single strand of standard fencing wire.
I just had a thought on how to maybe stop the birds landing on the wire and doing 'nasty' things.
I have a heap of old CD/DVD's, wonder if I can place them so they might startle the birds away?

[Electrotech]

Not on the one job I hope.

Oh yeah ! sure did on friday we had a CCTV job 14x cams 4-techs 13.5hrs...
One of those job sites, oh well and the wholesalers say were running out of copper and may be using fibre soon, yeah right lol....