I assembled the conduit sections by sliding the sections one by one over the
batch of cables. This batch consisted of 2 runs of 1/2" hard line plus a rope
messenger. I drilled weep holes on the underside of each section of conduit
as I went. Then I filled the trench. I've pulled through 2 runs of RG-11
plus a control cable. The run is 80' long to one of my towers.
Easy squeezzzy.
73,
Guy N7ZG
> From: k7awbgoog@gmail.com
> To: TowerTalk@contesting.com
> Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 15:14:50 -0700
> Subject: [TowerTalk] methods of using conduit in the ground for cables
>
> As long as we are on the topic, which would be better?
>
> 1) secure the 4 inch conduit sections together in the trench and then fill
> in the trench with dirt on top so the sections could not move when pulling
> cables through them, or
>
> 2) keep the trench unfilled, but the 4 inch conduit sections put together,
> and pull the cables through them without the dirt on top?
>
> As I see it, once you put the dirt on top, there is no going back, but the
> conduit does not move. On the other hand, conduit without weight on it will
> tend to move as the cables as pulled through, especially when the "last"
> cable is tried.
>
> Comments from you who have done this.....
>
> 73
> Steve Sala
> K7AWB
> DN17es
> Nine Mile Falls, WA
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