or the "figure 8 flake", very useful when the "cable" is too heavy to
hold, such as the bundle of cables when lowering a crank up, 200' of
garden hose, or a 1" mooring line. There is no twist put in the cable.
Saw this also used by a fiber-optic underground pull team. They
unspooled way more than a thousand feet and figure 8 flaked it, 30'
long, I guess so they could control the tension by hand instead of
pulling from the 5' diameter reel. Light cables can be 8 flaked by
holding one loop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpmpni75K48
Grant KZ1W
On 8/12/2013 8:23 PM, Gene Smar wrote:
TT:
From one of the members of our local Ham Radio club:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEd7ru24Vx0 . Interesting technique
to wind coils of small cable (which are often found run up inside
towers.)
73 de
Gene Smar AD3F
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