[TowerTalk] Securing the cables to the tower?

[Roger K8RI on Tower]

Tape! Lots and lots of good quality electrical tape.
I run the coax up the inside of the one leg of a ROHN 45G with the cables 
taped to the leg avery couple of feet, plus tape just above and below the 
joints to eliminate movement around the bolts.

I run the control cables up the inside one  of the other legs.

I use enough tape to support the weight and  just often enough to keep the 
cables from moving around in the wind.

If you use cable ties, use *wide* ones as they depend on tension to hold 
things in place and it doesn't take a lot of tension to deform coax cables. 
Over time you can really flatten one.

Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com

> What are people using to secure their feeders and other cables to the
> tower and at what interval(s)? I'm expecting to have two (maybe three,
> if I put a VHF/UHF beam up as well) runs of coax, plus 4-conductor
> rotator cable, plus the control cables for the SteppIR and the Icom AH-4
> tuner. The tower will be an AN Wireless -- with 60-degree angle legs, so
> I'm thinking of tucking the cables into that angle as far as possible.
> Would the black (UV-resistant) cable ties work, if I can get long enough
> ones?
>
> Alan NV8A
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