[TowerTalk] taping coax to tower parts

Tower tower at charter.net
Sun Dec 19 02:25:18 EST 2004




> Never use the electrical black tape, moisture collects under the tape and 
> rusts the metal.

My experience has been just the opposit.

I had an old American Steel up for years.  Where ever I had the cables taped 
on it was still clean metal.

The same is true for the ROHN 45, although it has only been up for a few 
years.

Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2)
www.rogerhalstead.com

> Believe me, I had a 40 foot Delhi and it was rusted on every place that 
> the tape was, otherwise it was clean.
>
> Ed
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