[TowerTalk] Fwd: hardline bending radius

Hans Hammarquist hanslg at aol.com
Tue Nov 20 12:07:23 EST 2012


I understand that the bending radius is a lot less if the cable is braided or corrugated. 


Well, the cable I have is neither. The shield is an aluminum "tube" with no corrugation or anything else to aid the bending. The center conductor is a solid copper plated aluminum wire. (No, I am not worried about the center conductor.) 


Someone warned that a too small bending radius will nick the shield. I am planning to use some type of fixture for the bending in order to avoid any nicking. 


I do want to now what diameter to use for the fixture. I would like to get/make one with a too small diameter and later have to get something different.


So, what would I expect for a 1/2 inch solid conductor, solid/stiff shield with noting to aid bending.


Hans - N2JFS



-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Thomson <jim.thom at telus.net>
To: towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Tue, Nov 20, 2012 4:54 am
Subject: [TowerTalk] hardline bending radius


Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:35:01 -0500 (EST)
From: K7LXC at aol.com
To: towertalk at contesting.com, jimlux at earthlink.net
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] hardline bending radius

>> I recollect that the minimum bending radius for all coaxes is 6 
times
> the diameter. For 1/2" RG-8, that'd be 3 inches.


> I think that's for coax with braided shield (the RG-8, RG-213) kind.

It's an Andrew standard for their non-braided coaxes.

Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH

##  as a side note, if RFS brand heliax is used, the turning radius is one heck 
of a lot less
than Andrew heliax.  The RFS stuff uses a corrugated cu center conductor as well 
as the
either cu or AL  corrugated shield.  Andrew heliax uses a copper tube on it’s  
7/8”  heliax...
and also on its 1.25”  heliax.   The RFS stuff is flexible.   IF you get the 
version with the
AL corrugated shield, it’s also very very light.  That AL outer shield version 
only comes
in 2 sizes, 7/8”  and also 1.25” .  It’s a lot cheaper than andrew....esp if you 
get it at Davis RF. 
And of course, 7-16 Dins are readily available for both sizes.  The RFS stuff is 
a heck of a lot
easier to work with. 

later........ Jim   VE7RF 

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