"N_Cook" wrote in message
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To avoid condensation creeping, via capillary action, between copper
conductor and the sleeving from an open end into otherwise sealed section.
How to make or what sort of term or construction to look for in cable
specs?

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Diverse Devices, Southampton, England
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In the ham radio fraternity, we seal open cable ends with self-amalgamating
tape, silicon rubber compound, hot-melt glue, glue lined heat-shrink tubing,
or a combination of them. Water ingress by capilliary action, is a common
problem with coaxially constructed cables, and some types of RF connector,
when used outdoors.

Arfa