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

[Guy Molinari]

Correction.   I've *since* pulled 2 runs of RG-11 and a control cable through.
 
> From: guy_molinari at hotmail.com
> To: k7awbgoog at gmail.com; towertalk at contesting.com
> Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 22:30:38 +0000
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] methods of using conduit in the ground for cables
> 
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> 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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