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Subject: Feedline Support
From: Rasmussen@centuryinter.net (Rasmussen@centuryinter.net)
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 96 13:04:18 GMT
Eric,
You also could install a run of non-metallic electrical conduit 
(plastic) and support the conduit every two or three feet with blocks.  
Rain will flow under the conduit.  The cables will not see the weather 
and last a long time....
Paul 
KA6VAN
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> Eric Rosenberg wrote:
> > 
> > I'm using a 6 ft roof tower to support my satellite/VHF/UHF array.
> > With all the rain we've had in the Washington, DC area of late, 
> >I've.come across a problem with the feedlines and control cables that 
> >run across my roof and down the side of the house into the shack 
> (which 
> >is in the basement).
> >What I need to know is a method for elevating the cables off the roof 
> >as they traverse it before going down the side of the house.
> 
> Cut some pressure treated 2x4's into 6 inch lengths. Strap the coax 
> bundle to each one using nylon cable ties looped through pipe clamps 
> nailed or screwed (galvanized) to the 2x4x6's. This will keep your 
> cable 
> bundle off the roof and will restore the natural flow of your roof. 
> The 
> wood does not have to be fastened to the roof since the weight of the 
> cables will hold them in place.
> -- 
> Joe Leikhim
> Jleikhim@nettally.com
> "tv dinner by the pool, 
> i'm so glad i finished school"-F.Zappa 1967
> 
> 
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