[BULK] - RE: [TowerTalk] taping coax to tower parts
Steve Katz
stevek at jmr.com
Wed Dec 8 17:47:24 EST 2004
> must not have been very good galvanizing. I have used electrical tape
> for 20 years on rohn towers and the only difference when I remove it is
> that the galvanizing is shinier under the tape.
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> ::Ditto here. Only problem with taping coax to tower legs is that tower
> legs are a lot harder than coax (other than hardline) and pulling
> overlapping layers of tape can crush many types of coax, rendering them
> more prone to failure than before taping. I use gentle wraps spread over
> 6" of cable or so, rather than pulled-tight wraps all overlapping in the
> same place. Crushed too much coax that way over the years.....-WB2WIK/6
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