[TowerTalk] Re: Kellum Grips

[Fred Hopengarten]

From:
Fred Hopengarten  K1VR               617/259-0088
Six Willarch Road
Lincoln, MA 01773-5105
permanent e-mail address:  fhopengarten@mba1972.hbs.edu

On Mon, 4 Aug 1997 16:35:49 -0700 (PDT) Jim Pratt <n6ig@netcom.com>
writes:

>My employer used to use stainless-steel tiewraps to hang cable.  The 
>trouble is, you either have the tie too loose (and the sharp edge of 
>the tiewrap cuts the jacket over time) or too tight (and you crush the 
>cable).  We now usually use cushions from Microflect (but they are 
>expensive).


K1VR:  One prominent local professional tower erector uses 14 inch pieces
of #14 THHN black insulated solid copper wire.  He just uses them as
"twisties."  The THHN is relatively impervious to exposure to the sun. 
There is no sharp edge, and the insulation over the copper wire bites
into the insulation  on the hardline, but, if done with the right touch,
won't deform the coax.  And you can't beat the price.

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