Dennis
This might work for you.
Go to your local farm supply and get some electric fence insulators
with the screw-into-lag on it. they are about $2.50 a piece here in MD.
Put one down the tree about every 15-20 feet and "string" the coax thru
the hole of each insultator, the hold is about 3/4 of inch. Then secure
them to the insulator(s) with tie wraps.
Near the bottom of the tree, maybe 10-15 feet up, hang a messenger
cable back to shack to carry the coax's back so they dont strain.
I've had some up for five years or so, looks just as good today.
jd
On Sun, 2 May 1999, K7FL wrote:
> I have a 70 foot length of RG8, and an RG58 sized switch control
> cable, that I need to dress and secure to a tree trunk. The intent
> is to prevent the cables from blowing in the wind, while providing
> some measure of strain relief. I have used a double-nail clamp
> arrangement in the past, but as the clamp was made of plastic, the
> life was only a year or two. Ideally, the common U shaped metal
> fasteners used to secure house electrical wiring would be used, but
> the length of the nail portion is insufficient to go through thick
> bark and into the wood.
>
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks
> Dennis, K7FL
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