[TowerTalk] Cable management on a Crank up tower

[Ed Williams]

Hi Jon,

I have the US TX489 and I use at the top coaxial support arm I use cable
hoisting grips on each of the coaxial cables. This allows a gentle bend in
the RG-213 cable at the top and the weight of the coax in on the grip and
support arm. The grips are attached to the outer end of the support arm and
the cable is allowed to pass through the eye and then supported below about
6". They are available from Tessco Part# 426902 (LMR-400 size).

73, de KN4KL ed 

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Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 1:48 PM
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Subject: [TowerTalk] Cable management on a Crank up tower


Hi Jon, Thank you for sharing the heater hose tip!!
 I run one coax arm at the top of my 60ft manual crank-up and have all the
cables bunched together & tie wrapped every few feet to the bottom.
It's been up for almost 2 years with no problems.
 I do have about a 45 degree bend on all the cables where they are attached
at the arm, I like the heater hose idea...which will not only protect the
jackets from chaffing it also (as you mentioned )alleviates the sharp bend.
As it is now, when lowering my tower the 60+ ft of cables laying on the
ground don't seem to be any problem here at all..my tower is only lowered
for maintenance or antenna changing & usually back up the same day.  I'm
planning on replacing the coax runs up my tower when we get a little break
in the cold upstate NY winter...a few pictures of my tower foundation &
tilting baseplate can be found here: http://www.cnyara.com/_KC2PCR/

Thanks to all for the steady flow of information & ideas!!

73 - Doug kc2pcr at gmail.com

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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:47:11 -0600
From: k0xu at longlines.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Cable management on a Crank up tower
To: k6el at comcast.net
Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
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I have chosen to attach to the coax arms, although I run the coax through 
1/2" automotive heater hose about 18" per arm per coax. This keeps the
sharp bend from happening. I did not want the mess of cable laying on the 
ground when I mowed, or freezing down in weather like this (15 below
tonight). I do use an electric winch with remote switch to run it. I am
located safely in the house less than 10 ft from the tower with a mirror
and camera so I can keep my eye on things. Personally I feel safer when I 
am NOT under the tower when raising or lowering. At the base of the tower 
I would be too close to see the big picture, 
and if anything falls I would be too close to dodge. 

Regards,
Jon-K6EL
k6el at comcast.net

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