Here's another set of questions on "standard" practices: On a Rohn 25/45/55 tower, is it standard practice to run hardline, coax and control cables up the tower legs inside the tower or outside? Does
I run mine on the inside but I see no problem with them on the outside. The only reason I run mine on the inside is a bit more protection from lightning etc. The Coax does not really interfere with c
and control cables up the tower legs inside the tower or outside? Standard practice is to put them outside and secure them to a leg. The only reason I can see for running the cables inside the tower
Has anyone out there run 1-5/8" hardline up a ham tower? How did you do it and how did you attach it to the tower? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No need to go out an
If a tower is shunt-fed, particularly with high power, is this an exception to your general rule, Steve? _______________________________________________ ______________________________________________
exception to your general rule, Steve? Could be. Is having the cables outside the tower destructive to the performance of the shunt-feeding? If so, then inside is okay. It's still a bunch of work. YM
Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 15:02:38 -0400
Don't forget physical protection. We are almost surrounded by woods and we get lots of high winds. Although the tower is a ways from any tree it's not uncommon to see branches go whizzing by when th
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Author: "K8RI on TowerTalk" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 18:29:15 -0400
<snip> But the small stuff such as RG-8, LMR-400, and even 9913 probably cover about 99% of the coax in use by hams. For me anyghing over LMR-600 would be overkill up through 440. OTOH I'd sure like
I had to go check. The Tie-King nylon black UV resistant ones I bought at Dayton about 12 years ago are still holding up well. I couldn't pull any off when I tried a little while ago. N2TK, Tony --Or
I shunt feed with the cables on the outside (but buried from the tower to the shack). Chuck W5PR exception to your general rule, Steve? Could be. Is having the cables outside the tower destructive to