[TowerTalk] methods of using conduit in the ground for cables

[Guy Molinari]

I assembled the conduit sections by sliding the sections one by one over the batch of cables.  This batch consisted of 2 runs of 1/2" hard line plus a rope messenger.   I drilled weep holes on the underside of each section of conduit as I went.   Then I filled the trench.   I've pulled through 2 runs of RG-11 plus a control cable.   The run is 80' long to one of my towers.
 
Easy squeezzzy.
 
73,
Guy N7ZG

 
> From: k7awbgoog at gmail.com
> To: TowerTalk at contesting.com
> Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 15:14:50 -0700
> Subject: [TowerTalk] methods of using conduit in the ground for cables
> 
> As long as we are on the topic, which would be better?
> 
> 1) secure the 4 inch conduit sections together in the trench and then fill 
> in the trench with dirt on top so the sections could not move when pulling 
> cables through them, or
> 
> 2) keep the trench unfilled, but the 4 inch conduit sections put together, 
> and pull the cables through them without the dirt on top?
> 
> As I see it, once you put the dirt on top, there is no going back, but the 
> conduit does not move. On the other hand, conduit without weight on it will 
> tend to move as the cables as pulled through, especially when the "last" 
> cable is tried.
> 
> Comments from you who have done this.....
> 
> 73
> Steve Sala
> K7AWB
> DN17es
> Nine Mile Falls, WA 
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