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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I would suggest doing 2-3 boxes of each, as doing multiple pulls from a single box for a site deploy is a royal pain. I doubt this will be worse than the cable we already use and the hope is that it will be better, unless there is some reason to suspect the cable and cushions won’t work well together? Might be worth just getting an install quantity of cushions as well once we know for sure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>/2 cents<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Rob<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> PSDR [mailto:psdr-bounces@hamwan.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bart Kus<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 7, 2021 1:18 PM<br><b>To:</b> Puget Sound Data Ring<br><b>Subject:</b> [HamWAN PSDR] VOTE: New cabling evaluation samples<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hello,<br><br>As a follow-up to the "Capitol Peak cable system failure" email, here are the samples I would like to order and evaluate for use in all our future deploys:<o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Item Description<o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Qty<o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Cost<o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Total<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.truecable.com/products/cat6-direct-burial-ethernet-cable-shielded?variant=13951848841283">Water blocking CAT6 cable, 1000ft</a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt'><p class=MsoNormal>1<o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt'><p class=MsoNormal>$199.99<o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt'><p class=MsoNormal>$199.99<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.truecable.com/products/cat5e-direct-burial-ethernet-cable-shielded">Water blocking CAT5e cable, 1000ft</a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt'><p class=MsoNormal>1<o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt'><p class=MsoNormal>$158.99<o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt'><p class=MsoNormal>$158.99<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.sitepro1.com/store/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=5661">BCU158M7 Multi-Hole Universal Barrel Cushion</a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt'><p class=MsoNormal>1<o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt'><p class=MsoNormal>$42.50<o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt'><p class=MsoNormal>$42.50<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'>TOTAL, excluding tax and shipping<o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt'></td><td valign=top style='padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt'></td><td valign=top style='padding:1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt 1.2pt'><p class=MsoNormal>$401.48<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>I know 500ft spools of the cables are available, but the $/ft there is much worse, and whichever spool we choose will be deployed in the field. The other spool can be used up for indoor wiring, from surge arresters onwards.<br><br>--Bart<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>