[TowerTalk] IN SEARCH OF PVC Tubing to Bury...

WA3GIN wa3gin at comcast.net
Thu Mar 4 15:30:49 PST 2010


Sorry,  I forgot to mention the distance was 1500ft.  That is a lot PVC glue 
;-)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Ammeter" <jammeter at cablespeed.com>
To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] IN SEARCH OF PVC Tubing to Bury...


> Hardware store... grey electrical plastic conduit.  A 10 foot x 1" stick
> will cost about $2.00.
>
> BTW, always put in at least one size bigger than you think you'll ever
> need.  And, once the ditch is open... put in a spare conduit, too.
>
> It's recommended that you drill drain holes at the lowest point of the
> run.  I've done it both with and without drain holes.  In fact, I just
> pulled out a 10 gauge 4 conductor run from some conduit in preparation
> to pulling in 6 gauge wire....  the 10 gauge was bone dry and it's been
> down there for at least a year without any drain holes.
>
> John KE7JA
>
> WA3GIN wrote:
>> ...fiber line from house to ham shack/antenna controller.
>>
>> Source suggestions welcome,
>> dave
>> wa3gin
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