[TowerTalk] Protect the coax against vandals/vigilantes?

n4gi at tampabay.rr.com n4gi at tampabay.rr.com
Thu Jun 15 14:57:15 EDT 2006


One (1) assault rifle and one (1) length of 7/8 (or bigger) hardline.

73,
Blake N4GI 




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> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Alan NV8A
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 11:46 AM
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> Subject: [TowerTalk] Protect the coax against vandals/vigilantes?
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> Having heard of people having their feedlines "pinned" by vandals or
> vigilantes, I had thought that once I installed a tower I would 
> run all
> the cables in conduit up to about the 10ft mark.
> 
> Now, however, I am thinking of a crank-up tower that folds over at the
> 4ft. mark. I could run rigid conduit for the first 3ft, then have a
> section of flexible conduit for a couple feet (around the hinge), then
> several more feet of rigid conduit, but that would protect the cables
> only when the tower is extended. When the tower is cranked down, the
> cables would be hanging down within reach of anybody on the ground.
> 
> Anybody think of a solution?
> 
> Alan NV8A
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