[TowerTalk] Buried conduit (was Pull rope)

[Paul Playford]

I will be interested to learn how the tubing works out.  I suspect that in a
straight run the corrugations would serve as bearing surfaces rather than
snag magnets, but you will find out and hopefully report.

And the second empty pipe is a great idea.  Our cables must be little more
than rabbits as they sure do multiply fast.

de Paul, W8AEF

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Gilmer, N2MG" <n2mg at eham.net>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 6:42 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Buried conduit (was Pull rope)


> I'm planning on running all my wires through the
> cheap, corrugated black 6" tubing.  At first it looks
> like the pipe might be less than ideal (all the
> corrugations appear to be snag "magnets").  However,
> if I make certain that the leading edge of the wire
> bundle is rounded over well, I don't see it being much
> of a problem (famous last words) to pull it through.
> Has anyone had experience with this black stuff?
>
> An obvious plus: creating gentle bends in the pipe as
> it is installed will be easier than with the "hard
> stuff".
>
> I plan to bury a second empty one in the same trench
> for future use.
>
> Mike N2MG