[TowerTalk] Securing Coax to Tower?

[Gene Smar]

Paul:

     I used lengths of #14 insulated solid house wiring to secure the coax 
to my Trylon T-500-64.  It is (or was) cheap enough and re-enterable if 
needed.

     Simply make one or two wraps around the cable bundle and twist the 
wires to hold the cables together.  Then wrap the ends around the tower leg. 
With the Trylon there are extra holes pre-drilled in each leg (for 
accessories such as bearing plates.)  I fed the wire ends through these 
holes before I tied the ends together.


73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Henning" <paul at amtelco.com>
To: <K7LXC at aol.com>; <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 3:51 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Securing Coax to Tower?


>I have a Trylon T500-72 tower which will have six runs of LMR-600 coax
> running up one of its legs. For the past two years I had only two runs
> of LMR-600 up the tower and these were secured to the tower with wraps
> of Scotch 88 tape every four feet or so. This has worked fine for two
> runs but seems like it may be stretching my luck to try this for six
> runs. So the first question is how are others securing multiple coax
> runs to tower legs that are not round?
>
> Times recommends using their very nice coax mounting blocks which I do
> have a supply of. The problem with using these is that the coax is
> supposed to be hung from the top, in my case, using their hoisting grips
> (prime directive?). I can do this as I also have a supply of the grips.
> If I use the hoisting grips to hang the coax how do I attach six Times
> hoisting grips to the tower? The grips have a fairly robust saddle at
> the top of the cable loop on the grip. Any and all recommendations or
> suggestions most welcome.
>
>
>
> Paul N. Henning
> Director of Research and Development
> Amtelco
> Voice 1(608)838-4194
> K9PH
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