[TowerTalk] Taping wires to flat member towers

[RCM]

That's what old garden hose is made for........

atoothaker at copper.net wrote:

>>The usual coax hangers are not sized for RG8, etc.  Usually start at
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>1/2" amd go up.
>Al
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>>---- Original Message ----
>>From: robrk at nidhog.net
>>To: 
>>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Taping wires to flat member towers
>>Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 10:09:18 -0500
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>>>Andrews coax hangers.....
>>>http://www.andrew.com/catalog38/Results.aspx?SearchType=1&KeyWord=ha
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>>ngers&KeyWordSearchMethod=BEGINWITH&CatalogSectionID=10
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>>>Jim Lux wrote:
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>>>>Thomas &Betts, Panduit, AMP, and so forth make an assortment of
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>>products to
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>>>>attach round cables to flat surfaces. The most common one you've
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>>>>seen is the little square thing with an adhesive base and a slot to
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>>stick a
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>>>>nylon cable tie through on the top.  However, there's probably
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>>dozens of
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>>>>versions of these.  In particular, they make ones designed to hold
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>>cables
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>>>>that aren't supposed to be crushed (like coax), and they make the
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>>cable ties
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>>>>that are designed for outdoor use (the usual white nylon ones tend
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>>to
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>>>>degrade in sunlight).
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>>>>A bit more expensive than a roll of tape, but might work better.
>>>>Particularly the products designed for outdoor use, which will have
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>>sealed
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>>>>edges and adhesives that really grip well. For that matter, they
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>>have the
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>>>>bases with screw holes that you could spend a few days on your
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>>tower with a
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>>>>drill and tap and really anchor the stuff.
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>>>>T&B's trade name is "Ty-rap" so if you search for that you'll
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>>probably turn
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>>>>up their catalog.  You can try the following URL, but no guarantees
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>>that it
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>>>>will actually work:
>>>>http://elec-cat.tnb.com/tnbcat/tnbcat/TYR_home_page_dsp.build_catal
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>>og_home_p
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>>>>age
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>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "Juan M. Chazarra EA5RS" <ea5rs at ono.com>
>>>>To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 5:04 AM
>>>>Subject: [TowerTalk] Taping wires to flat member towers
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>>>>>Adhesive tape tapes coax just fine to round member towers, but I
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>>>>>having a hard time taping coax, rotor cable, etc to the members of
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>>my
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>>>>>tower which are all flat. Any ideas?
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>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>Juan EA5RS
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>>>>See: http://www.mscomputer.com  for "Self Supporting Towers",
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>>"Wireless Weather Stations", and lot's more.  Call Toll Free,
>>1-800-333-9041 with any questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.
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>>>See: http://www.mscomputer.com  for "Self Supporting Towers",
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>>"Wireless Weather Stations", and lot's more.  Call Toll Free,
>>1-800-333-9041 with any questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA.
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