There are cable ties, then there are Panduit! Nearly everything in Home Despot
or Blowe's are crap and deteriorate in the sun, even the black ones. Panduit
are great, as well as some other brands as discussed here in the past. And
yes, they cost more.
Chris
KF7P
On Jul 6, 2016, at 15:19 , Kim Elmore wrote:
That, of course, wasn't an
Issue in my case. If you could thread the SS clamps between the booms, such
that it contacted only the boom to which the coax braid is also bonded, I
suppose it might work. But I don't know the antennas well at all.
If KK9A recommends Panduit ties, then by all means go with those!
Kim N5OP
"People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the
music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
> On Jul 6, 2016, at 15:36, James Wolf <jbwolf@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>>>> I got tired of replacing deteriorating black tape and I could never get
> ty-wraps to last long enough. So, I used SS worm-type hose clamps. I was
> very careful to make them only a *little bit* snug, lest I crush the
> cabling. I figure these will last longer than the cable. I did on the mast
> and the antenna booms and have never looked back. I have CMCs on each
> antenna, but need to add them to the cable end that enters the shack. The
> only square material to which I needed to secure cables was rather small and
> only a short run. I used only enough pressure on the clamp to make the cable
> snug, *not* tight.?
> Kim N5OP
> *******************
>
> In this case I don't want to use metallic material on the boom since the
> boom (the bottom half) is part of the feed system. The manufacturer runs
> the feedline along the bottom of the boom and doesn't mention any
> repercussions from doing so. I have the shield of the coax attached to the
> bottom of the boom.
>
> John, KK9A suggested the use of Panduit cable ties. I have Dacron rope that
> I could use, but if wet it could provide an RF Path between the two booms.
>
> Jim - KR9U
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