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Re: [TowerTalk] Hardline - Direct Bury or Conduit ?

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hardline - Direct Bury or Conduit ?
From: Richard Thorne <rthorne@rthorne.net>
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2015 17:43:52 -0600
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I'm interested as well. I need to run a runs of LDF5-50a myself for the high bands and some lmr-600 for the low bands.

In addition I need to run rotor control/switch control cables.

Rich - N5ZC

On 3/4/2015 4:14 PM, N3AE wrote:
Hello fellow Towertalkers,

Hopefully spring is around the corner and I can pick up work again on my tower 
project. I plan to make two 150 ft runs of LDF5-50A from the house SPG to the 
base of the tower. Trying to decide if I should run the hardline in conduit or 
just direct-bury. Soil around here is clay mixed with some sand. Rare to find a 
rock, and if I do it's small stream gravel with smooth edges.. Part of the run 
is through a wooded area.

A conduit run would have some low spots (potential for moisture accumulation 
??). But I worry about critters (moles/voles/etc) chewing on the jacket if I 
direct-bury.

Anyone have a bad experience from direct bury of Andrew hardline? Rodent 
damage? Crushing damage due to lawn tractors, etc? Something else?

thx

Shawn
N3AE
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