What are people using to secure their feeders and other cables to the tower and at what interval(s)? I'm expecting to have two (maybe three, if I put a VHF/UHF beam up as well) runs of coax, plus 4-c
Alan I'm not sure what type of cable you're running, but I have used hose clamps to secure my hardline of 7/8 through 1 5/8. Bill K4XS _______________________________________________ See: http://www.
There has to be 101 ways to dress the cables. I like to put all coax in a group and run up one leg. All controls are in a second group and run up another leg. All cables are hauled up and attached to
Author: "Roger K8RI on Tower" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 19:42:23 -0400
Tape! Lots and lots of good quality electrical tape. I run the coax up the inside of the one leg of a ROHN 45G with the cables taped to the leg avery couple of feet, plus tape just above and below th
Alan: I have a Trylon tower with angular steel legs like the AN Wireless tower. I ran the cables in the same place you are contemplating - inside the leg angle. To fasten the cables to the steel, I u
i'm sure you'll get lots of fancy arrangements with tie wraps, cover them with tape, chinese finger traps, loops of copper wire, etc. just buy some cheap electrical tape (not scotch, get store brand
This works, but be careful. If you place too many layers of tape, that are stretched too tightly, they will have a tendency to crush foam coax over time as the tape tries to return to its original le
While I agree with your choice of cheap tape from an economic standpoint, it may not be suitable for warm, humid climates found near the gulf coast. I have found the cheap tape does not hold up well
I have heard this before. I have never had crushed coax either by cable ties or tape. Perhaps quality or the type of coax used comes into play. I have never used RG8, only RG213 (various brands), LMR