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[TowerTalk] What do I use to suport the cables?

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Subject: [TowerTalk] What do I use to suport the cables?
From: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch)
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 09:18:54 -0500
> What is the preferred method of supporting my coax and rotor cable from
> the tower, around the side of the house, to the front where my operating
> position is located?  I'm in a salt water environment, and I will be
> running 3 RG-8-size cables plus a rotor control cable..

On the ground, or better yet IN the ground a few feet away from the 
house. Hanging feedlines above ground, especially from or near 
walls of houses, is simply begging for lightning problems. 


73, Tom W8JI
w8ji@contesting.com

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