Hello
I just installed a 205 foot long "fence" of 6" x 6" x 6' pressure-treated
posts, each buried about 2 1/2' deep. These support a 1/4" EHS messenger
cable (through side-mounted eye bolts) and I have one run of RG213 type
coax across it for now. I'll be running a large rotor-cable type control
cable, and a 1/2" FSJ and 7/8" Heliax lines in addition to the 'regular
coax (if it ever stops raining here). The messenger cable is tied to
anchors at both ends, with a turnbuckle, just like a guy line - except
horizontal. The anchors are the kind used for mobile homes. Cheap and
effective.
I attached the small RG213 style coax to the messenger line every so often
with regular electrical tape. Seems to work fine. But I feel it mightn't
be sufficient for the heavier/stiffer hard-line cables, nor for the thick
control cable.
So: anyone have any other ideas how to strap the coaxes to the messenger
line, besides lots of ty-wraps?
Steve KZ1X/4
Chapel Hill, NC
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