[TowerTalk] Coiling cables

[Grant Saviers]

or the "figure 8 flake", very useful when the "cable" is too heavy to 
hold, such as the bundle of cables when lowering a crank up, 200' of 
garden hose, or a 1" mooring line.  There is no twist put in the cable.  
Saw this also used by a fiber-optic underground pull team. They 
unspooled way more than a thousand feet and figure 8 flaked it, 30' 
long, I guess so they could control the tension by hand instead of 
pulling from the 5' diameter reel.  Light cables can be 8 flaked by 
holding one loop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpmpni75K48

Grant KZ1W


On 8/12/2013 8:23 PM, Gene Smar wrote:
> TT:
>
>     From one of the members of our local Ham Radio club: 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEd7ru24Vx0 .  Interesting technique 
> to wind coils of small cable (which are often found run up inside 
> towers.)
>
>
> 73 de
> Gene Smar  AD3F
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