[TowerTalk] Question - Routing of Coax around Rotator Shelf

[Stan or Patricia Griffiths]

Hi Bill,

I don't generally route cables inside the tower.  It is much easier to add or remove a
cable from the bundle if they are not inside the tower.

Stan
w7ni@easystreet.com

Bill Coleman wrote:

> I'm steadily working to put up my 44' Rohn 25 bracketed tower. While
> planning ahead, I ran across something I'm not entirely sure how to
> handle.
>
> I know that you're supposed to route all cables INSIDE the tower. This
> works for me right up to the 40' level, were the standard Rohn AS25
> rotator shelf completely blocks the tower interior. In my case, I have an
> AG3 top, so there's still a couple of feet of tower to route the cable
> within.
>
> How do others do this?
>
> * Jump around the shelf, bringing the coax back in, and up the tower leg
> before the rotation turn loop where the taper stops.
>
> * Go outside shelf, leaving the coax outside the tower before the
> rotation turn loop.
>
> * Starting the rotation turn loop at the shelf.
>
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
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