[TowerTalk] Pulling Heliax through conduit - Epilogue

[K3GM]

Back on March 12 I wrote:

> > Mornin' Tawkers,
> >
> > I have about 40 feet of empty, buried, 2 inch PVC conduit with four 90
> > degree sweeps.  I'm wondering if it's possible to pull Andrew LDF4-50,
1/2
> > inch Heliax through this, or do I have to plan on some excavating.
Also,
> > was wondering if Heliax is direct burial............Thanks, Tom K3GM
> >

Well, after finding a bad joint which caused my conduit to kinda' flood, we
set out tonight to pull about 70 feet of the Andrew LDF4-50 through my 2"
PVC conduit.  With my "BIG" boy on the pulling end, and me on the pushing
end coating the Heliax with Ideal's #77 cable lube, I'm happy to report that
it went through the pipe like....er you know what through a goose!  No
sweat! And that was with a connector on the end too.  Thanks again for the
responses and notes encouragement.

7  3,

Tom K3GM



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