[TowerTalk] messenger cable attachments

[Phil Clements]

Let me know what you find out...I used lots of ty-wraps!

Phil, K5PC

----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Jackson <ssj@nortelnetworks.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 1999 1:44 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] messenger cable attachments


>
> Hello
>
> I just installed a 205 foot long "fence" of 6" x 6" x 6' pressure-treated
> posts, each buried about 2 1/2' deep.  These support a 1/4" EHS messenger
> cable (through side-mounted eye bolts) and I have one run of RG213 type
> coax across it for now.  I'll be running a large rotor-cable type control
> cable, and a 1/2" FSJ and 7/8" Heliax lines in addition to the 'regular
> coax (if it ever stops raining here).  The messenger cable is tied to
> anchors at both ends, with a turnbuckle, just like a guy line - except
> horizontal.  The anchors are the kind used for mobile homes.  Cheap and
> effective.
>
> I attached the small RG213 style coax to the messenger line every so often
> with regular electrical tape.  Seems to work fine.  But I feel it mightn't
> be sufficient for the heavier/stiffer hard-line cables, nor for the thick
> control cable.
>
> So:  anyone have any other ideas how to strap the coaxes to the messenger
> line, besides lots of ty-wraps?
>
> Steve KZ1X/4
> Chapel Hill, NC
>
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