>From back in my Telco days, I remember a conversation with a bunch of
linemen & cable splicers about where cables ought to be. In the air,
ice weighs 'em and brings 'em down, in the ground backhoes get 'em. On
the ground mowers get 'em. In the air hunters shoot 'em. On the ground
thieves cut 'em up. In the ground trenchers get 'em. In the air,
wrecks cut the poles out from under 'em. In the ground moles knaw on
'em. In the air squirrels knaw on 'em. On the ground everything knaws
on 'em.
Consensus: put 'em in the center of a concrete filled trench.
73, Guy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris BONDE" <ve7hcb@rac.ca>
To: "Bruce Makas" <k1my@msn.com>
Cc: "towertalk submital" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] To Bury or Not to Bury
Long time ago, squirrels and other rodents liked to chew the lead on
overhead communication cables. Did lots of damage.
I have heard that certain plastic was susptible to the same fate.
Now about the modern suff, I donot know. But if you have no animals
that
would walk over you wires, then maybe the only problem might be
puddling of
water.
Just somethoughts
Chris opr VE7HCB
At 11:30 AM 2002-01-21 -0700, Bruce Makas wrote:
>My principle QTH is a rural area and there is no need for me to bury
the
>feed lines and control lines for aesthetic reasons, but is there
another
>reason? I have several one hundred foot runs and I was thinking, why
not
>just leave them on top of the ground? If there is a concern about
animals
>eating the cables (?) I can just have a run of PVC on top of the
ground with
>the cables inside.
>
>Or is there a compelling reason to bury? RFI? Lightning protection?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Bruce, K1MY
>
>
>
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