[TowerTalk] running cables up the tower

[Cqtestk4xs at aol.com]

Has  anyone out there run 1-5/8"
hardline up a ham tower? How  did you do it and  how did you attach it to  the
tower?
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No need to go out and buy special stuff.  The weight of that much 1  5/8 inch 
cable is about 50 lbs (.8 lbs/ft).  All you need to do is to get  some rope 
sufficient to hold that much weight, put a pulley at the top and  attach the 
rope to the cable.  I use two hose clamps and tighten them  around the rope 
running parallel to the cable with a spacing of about a  foot between them.  It is 
impossible to tighten them enough to bend the  hardline unless you actually 
try to.  
 
I've used this method to install lots of hardline from 1/2 to 1  5/8...worked 
without fail.
 
One other thing, install all cables on one leg, keeping the other two cable  
free.  It makes for a safer climb.
 
Bill K4XS