I hope people post their suggestions to the reflector. I've got the same
issues. I have a telescoping tubular crankup (70' Sky Needle), which has
three coax arms. While it might seem that draping the cables would be easy,
in fact I've had trouble with them getting tangled in high winds, getting
caught on the arms, etc. Also, I don't know how to properly sercure cables
to the coax arms (e.g., tape, ty-wraps, etc., don't seem to do a good job.
Also, there is a sharp bend in the cables when the the tower is cranked
down, at the point where they loop over the coax arms. I'm running up the
tower three lengths of LMR-400, a rotor cable, a control cable for a SteppIR
yagi, and a control cable for a remote antenna switch. The cable bundle is
nearly two inches in diameter and quite heavy.
73,
Jim W8ZR
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Gary Slagel
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 9:03 AM
> To: TowerTalk
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Cable management on crankup towers
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm in the process of getting my Triex crankup tower up. I need to come
> up with a good way to manage the 2 coax cables and 1 rotor cable coming
> down the outside of the tower. Of course, with the crankup I've only got
> a few inches at the top of each section to mount some kind of a cable
> guide.
>
> Just wondered if anyone had a simple solution.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gary Slagel/N0SXX
> Hot Springs, SD
> http://marina.fortunecity.com/sanpedro/351
>
>
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