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

[John Ammeter]

Use a weatherhead...

John KE7JA

Kurt Cathcart, KR2C wrote:
> How do you weatherproof the ends one it comes out of the ground?
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> -Kurt
> KR2C
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> On 3/4/2010 10:49 PM, Jim Miller KG0KP wrote:
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>> 4 inch flexible ribbed drain tubing in the garden department at home depot
>> ( and Lowes, I suspect).  Comes in 10 ft lengths and 50 ft rolls at least.
>> seems like it was about a dollar a foot.  For long distances you will
>> appreciate the ribs and the larger tubing for minimizing the cable drag and
>> entanglement when pulling the cables through it.
>>
>> 1500 feet ???  You'll need a big fire to get any smoke out of the other end.
>>
>> 73, de Jim KG0KP
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "WA3GIN"<wa3gin at comcast.net>
>> To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics."<towertalk at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 5:30 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] IN SEARCH OF PVC Tubing to Bury...
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>>> Sorry,  I forgot to mention the distance was 1500ft.  That is a lot PVC
>>> glue
>>> ;-)
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>>> ----- 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...
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>>>> 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:
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>>>>> ...fiber line from house to ham shack/antenna controller.
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>>>>> Source suggestions welcome,
>>>>> dave
>>>>> wa3gin
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