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I tell ya....we W7s are really along way from Europe.....now you believe me!!!!!

Aloha
Dano K7SS

At 09:06 PM 3/16/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Funny that the guy didn't know that "ciao" is Italian for 
>hello/goodbye...   Perhaps he always saw it written "chow".
>
>Derek aa5bt
>
>


>From w6go at netcom.com (Jay O'Brien - W6GO)  Sun Mar 17 06:16:05 1996
From: w6go at netcom.com (Jay O'Brien - W6GO) (Jay O'Brien - W6GO)
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 22:16:05 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Scotch 88, UV
Message-ID: <199603170616.WAA11209 at netcom5.netcom.com>

John's advice on Scotch 88 is right on.  I've found that even 
super-expensive Thomas&Betts UV rated cable ties break and fall off here 
after about ten years.  Scotch 88, however, seems to last forever.   

My experience is based on over 1000' of horizontal messengers here which
support multiple cables, and the ties or tape wraps are applied at about
one foot intervals.  The sun really gets to the part of the cable tie
that is on top of the messenger cable. 

If I have a situation where I feel the extra strength of a cable tie is 
required, I now protect it from UV with Scotch 88 if at all possible.

Scotch 88 will unwind and make "flags that flap in the wind" if you 
overtighten the last wrap.  The worst way to install it is to pull it 
hard enough to break it off.   The right way to use Scotch 88 is with the 
last wrap under absolutely no tension.  Use a pair of scissors to cut the 
tape, and press the last wrap down AFTER cutting the tape.

Scotch 88 has been around a long time.  They really did that product 
correctly.  I wonder why nobody else seems to be able to equal Scotch 88?

73, Jay
    w6go at netcom.com