HI Mike….

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Contact your closest electrical contractor and talk to one? of their technicians…they have a tool, that is adjustable to remove wire jackets from all sizes of wires.

Give him/her a ?pack of beer or soda and he would probably strip a 500 foot roll of coax for you!? J? (Well..maybe no-o-t-t-t that much…but….!!)

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Joe – W7RKN

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Smith via groups.io

Subject: [DRAKE-RADIO] Outer Coaxial Jacket Removal for a Long Length

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I would like to put up a vertical sleeved 1/2 wave dipole, using Belden 8279, 75 ohm coax. ?I have been pondering a good way to remove approximately 11 contiguous feet of the outer jacket, of course without nicking the copper shield, but haven’t come to any ideas, that I sense will work well. ?The Wireman and DXE could offer no tools or procedure. ?A sharp blade needs to be run along the length of the coax, while maintaining a precise depth. ?The coax OD is 0.22 inches and the outer jacket wall thickness is 0.074 inches, polyethylene. ?Perhaps a small V-block could be used to stabilize the round coax in position, while holding a knife blade pressed on the outer jacket and pushing down on the cable at the same time to keep the coax in the V, and pulling the coax through; I would not cut completely through the jacket when