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Re: [TowerTalk] Running feed line and rotor cable together?

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Running feed line and rotor cable together?
From: Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 11:48:20 -0600
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I responded to some PM's re cost of the tool at $100 or a bit more. If you don't do a lot of banding just buy the strapping and buckles and hand assemble. Use pliers or visegrips to tighten some if desired. You'll need a way to cut the strap but bolt cutters and wiggling back and forth will git 'er done.

For most cable and coax securing tasks you don't want to get super tight anyway. A dollop of glue or caulk or spray adhesive will keep clamps on a vertical run in place. This will still be more expensive than tie wraps but lasts forever in terrible environments.

Merry Christmas

Patrick   NJ5G



On 12/25/2014 10:42 AM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
I have a "Band-It" tool that puts metal strap around "stuff" and tensions it as you like under easy control. I use stainless steel strap so if I want something to last it will. The tool is not very expensive and the strap material isn't too bad either considering what it does for you. The strap I use is about 1/2 inch wide so it doesn't dig down into the coax jacket at moderate clamping forces. You don't need to put it on very tight to get good results.

Want to get better results and virtually unlimited life in harsh conditions? Bandit. You don't casually yank a cable and break a strap. The straps are easily removed even after years in a harsh environment. The straps can be reused after a fashion, i.e. longer pieces can be reused as shorter pieces for the economy minded among us. Did I mention my Scottish ancestry? Ulster Scots actually. Frugal, lad, frugal.

Patrick NJ5G

On 12/24/2014 9:37 AM, Mickey Baker wrote:
Panduit UV cable ties will last for years in the south Florida sun.  In
critical situations, I wrap them with a couple of turns of 3M Super 88
tape. This is a 10 year+ solution as long as tension doesn't overstress the
TieWrap.

I know a few places where big industrial Ty wraps held telephone cable to the supporting strand for 10 years - but it wasn't engineered that way. It
was a short term repair that wasn't noted for rehabilitation.

On Wednesday, December 24, 2014, john@kk9a.com <john@kk9a.com> wrote:

What brands have you tried? I have had very few failures at my home in
sunny Aruba and in North Carolina using Panduit cable ties. You get what
you pay for! A couple of years ago I purchased a pack of cable ties at
Home Depot for a temporary antenna and many of those ties broke in my hand
while pulling them tight. The ones that stayed on started falling off a
short time later.

John KK9A


To:     towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com <javascript:;>>
Subject:        [TowerTalk] Running feed line and rotor cable together?
From:   Chuck Smallhouse <w7cs@theriver.com <javascript:;>>
Date:   Tue, 23 Dec 2014 16:24:57 -0700

For various reasons I wouldn't use "UV Proof" (resistant) cable ties, as
I've never found any that were, for any length of time !

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