- 1. [TowerTalk] Coax Entry (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Almeter <w4mja@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:04:21 -0800 (PST)
- Hello Everyone, As I finish up with the antenna projects, I now pose an old and probably asked 1,000 times question. What is the best way to have coax enter the shack? I'm looking for a good way to g
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00297.html (7,349 bytes)
- 2. Re: [TowerTalk] Coax Entry (score: 1)
- Author: "Steve Katz" <stevek@jmr.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:15:56 -0800
- As I finish up with the antenna projects, I now pose an old and probably asked 1,000 times question. What is the best way to have coax enter the shack?< shack, while still maintaining somewhat of an
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00298.html (8,180 bytes)
- 3. Re: [TowerTalk] Coax Entry (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Hargrave" <w5ifp@gvtc.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:03:05 -0800
- Steve, There are probably 1000 answers to the 1000 questions. I built my own house. Before we had the slab poured, I installed a pair of 2in PVC pipes that come up into the wall that is behind my ope
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00299.html (11,150 bytes)
- 4. Re: [TowerTalk] Coax Entry (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:54:28 -0500
- Here's three of the ways I've done it: http://www.rogerhalstead.com/ham_files/cablebox.htm Through the end plate or basement wall and up through the floor in the house and through the wall in the sho
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00309.html (8,523 bytes)
- 5. Re: [TowerTalk] Coax Entry (score: 1)
- Author: Richards <jruing@ameritech.net>
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:04:12 -0500
- The best way, is any way the XYL will allow ! But seriously folks... MFJ, bless their souls, have developed what I think are some cost-effective new ways to bring coax into the shack, by way of their
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2008-12/msg00310.html (9,029 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] coax entry (score: 1)
- Author: <kb2m@arrl.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:59:04 -0500
- I'm building a new home that will have a full basement. I'm going to move my shack into the basement and I'm looking for any ideas on how to bring in all my antenna cable's. I have about 12 antennas
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00422.html (7,694 bytes)
- 7. Re: [TowerTalk] coax entry (score: 1)
- Author: "Pat Chiles" <chilesp@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:56:42 -0500
- Jeff, Here is what I did. My tower is 8ft from my shack window. From Home Depot I bought an electrical box (about 6x14x14 inches). Inside of this I mounted a 1/4 inch plate with all my ICE equipment
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00424.html (9,463 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] Coax Entry (score: 1)
- Author: "Wilson Lamb" <infomet@embarqmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:05:28 -0500
- If you want to stay underground, look for someone who bores concrete. Usually it's a small operator and when I did it the minimum charge was about $175, which might actually pay for two holes. He cam
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00425.html (9,108 bytes)
- 9. Re: [TowerTalk] coax entry (score: 1)
- Author: brahmangou@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:29:59 EST
- Rather than all of the coring and hammerdrilling, just buy a 3" PVC conduit 90 and a little pipe. Give it to the concrete guys while they are forming up the basement walls and have it poured into the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00431.html (7,631 bytes)
- 10. Re: [TowerTalk] coax entry (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill K2OWR" <k2owr@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:41:38 -0500
- this topic, but frankly the 3"PVC is the way to go. I have done it that way in several houses. After it's in there stuff a rag in it from the inside and yank it out whenever you need to remove or ad
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00432.html (8,911 bytes)
- 11. Re: [TowerTalk] coax entry (score: 1)
- Author: "Gene Smar" <ersmar@verizon.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:12:16 -0500
- Jeff: Given that you have a short (20 foot) length of coax between your tower and shack entrance, your installation is very similar to most commercial installations on towers. In those cases, the coa
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00433.html (11,876 bytes)
- 12. Re: [TowerTalk] coax entry (score: 1)
- Author: "Stan Stockton" <k5go@cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:42:05 -0600
- This may not be the best way to do it, but I have always made a box with two plywood panels that will fit in between the studs on the outside wall and have however many stubs you want of PVC in colum
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00434.html (8,835 bytes)
- 13. Re: [TowerTalk] coax entry (score: 1)
- Author: "Norm Duxbury" <duxburyn@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:12:55 -0500
- Do what your local electrical code specifies. Not doing so puts you in an awkward position with respect to your insurer should you suffer a direct hit and there is damage to claim. 73, Norm - W1MO __
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00436.html (9,667 bytes)
- 14. Re: [TowerTalk] coax entry (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:18:28 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
- The code is actually fairly silent on this kind of thing. You need to have a listed Antenna Discharge Unit, which virtually no hams do. The usual HF PolyPhaser or ICE units are not listed for this ap
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00448.html (9,101 bytes)
- 15. Re: [TowerTalk] coax entry (score: 1)
- Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:42:56 -0500
- I ground the shields at the top and bottom of the tower. This can be done using a bulkhead connector, or there are more elaborate methods of wrapping the shield and tower leg with copper sheet. I cho
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00457.html (12,039 bytes)
- 16. [TowerTalk] coax entry (score: 1)
- Author: "Jeff KB2M" <kb2m@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:00:32 -0500
- I'm building a new home that will have a full basement. I'm going to move my shack into the basement and I'm looking for any ideas on how to bring in all my antenna cable's. I have about 12 antennas
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00465.html (9,136 bytes)
- 17. Re: [TowerTalk] coax entry (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Renwick <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:28:47 -0600
- I would suggest that you keep the shack on the main floor right next to the kitchen. Seriously. Doug I'll run the race and I will never be the same again. I'm building a new home that will have a ful
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00485.html (9,564 bytes)
- 18. Re: [TowerTalk] coax entry (score: 1)
- Author: <kb2m@arrl.net>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:39:03 -0500
- First off I want to thank everyone for all the good information. I think this is what I'm going to do. I'm going to mount an entrance box about three feet from my house. I will set into place 2 4 inc
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2010-01/msg00494.html (8,869 bytes)
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