[TowerTalk] Using guy wire to carry in coax lines?

[Logan Dietz]

I would not do this.

1.  Probably against specs for tower.  (Tower Police will get you.)

2.  I would always break up my guy wires with insulators.

3.  This probably is more likely to bring lightning into the shack.

Chuck, W5PR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Otten" <res0958z@verizon.net>
To: "TowerTalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 4:07 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Using guy wire to carry in coax lines?


>
> Hi to the list.......
>     I was looking at the January 2001 issue of CQ magazine and an article
by
> K7PF. The article was about antennas, but the statement I found
interesting
> was regarding his use of one of his lowest tower guy wires as a
'messenger'
> cable -- using the guy wire to carry the transmission coax lines and rotor
> cables to the house.
>
>     I'm interested in this because the gradual angle is appropriate for
> dressing the coax lines away from the tower (ie, no 90 deg bends in the
> coax) AND because I have a guy wire that goes over the house at precisely
> the right point to take the lines down to the bulkhead panel box.
>
>     I'd like comments on whether this is a good idea to utilize or what
the
> pros/cons of this are. I only have 4 lines of coax coming down the tower
and
> the single rotor control cable so it wouldn't be all that heavy a bundle
my
> lowest tower guy is at 25 feet and the guy post is not a long run away.
> Comments?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Bill (KC9CS)
> res0958z@verizon.net
>
>
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