[TowerTalk] Coax loop

[James C. Garland]

Taping to the boom is fine. I tape to the mast when the boom is not near the
tower but, e.g., ten feet above it. I don't like to have a lot of
unsupported cable hanging up there, blowing around in the wind.
Jim

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Jim Garland W8ZR
Santa Fe, NM
www.w8zr.net
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-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill Turner
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 6:21 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Coax loop

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:45:26 -0600, "James C. Garland"
<4cx250b at muohio.edu> wrote:

>If it's the rotator loop, then it should be taped to the mast along
>several inches (minimum), and then taped again to the tower 

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I'm not clear on why you want to tape the coax to the mast. Mine is
taped to the boom, circles around the mast and is taped to the tower.
Never touches the mast at all. By taping to the mast you are reducing
the radius of the circle and I don't see why you would want to do
that.

What does taping to the mast gain you?

Bill W6WRT
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