[TowerTalk] Running feed line and rotor cable together?

[Patrick Greenlee]

I have a "Band-It" tool that puts metal strap around "stuff" and 
tensions it as you like under easy control.  I use stainless steel strap 
so if I want something to last it will.  The tool is not very expensive 
and the strap material isn't too bad either considering what it does for 
you. The strap I use is about 1/2 inch wide so it doesn't dig down into 
the coax jacket at moderate clamping forces. You don't need to put it on 
very tight to get good results.

Want to get better results and virtually unlimited life in harsh 
conditions? Bandit.  You don't casually yank a cable and break a strap. 
The straps are easily removed even after years in a harsh environment.  
The straps can be reused after a fashion, i.e. longer pieces can be 
reused as shorter pieces for the economy minded among us.  Did I mention 
my Scottish ancestry?  Ulster Scots actually. Frugal, lad, frugal.

Patrick NJ5G

On 12/24/2014 9:37 AM, Mickey Baker wrote:
> Panduit UV cable ties will last for years in the south Florida sun.  In
> critical situations, I wrap them with a couple of turns of 3M Super 88
> tape. This is a 10 year+ solution as long as tension doesn't overstress the
> TieWrap.
>
> I know a few places where big industrial Ty wraps held telephone cable to
> the supporting strand for 10 years - but it wasn't engineered that way. It
> was a short term repair that wasn't noted for rehabilitation.
>
> On Wednesday, December 24, 2014, john at kk9a.com <john at kk9a.com> wrote:
>
>> What brands have you tried? I have had very few failures at my home in
>> sunny Aruba and in North Carolina using Panduit cable ties. You get what
>> you pay for! A couple of years ago I purchased a pack of cable ties at
>> Home Depot for a temporary antenna and many of those ties broke in my hand
>> while pulling them tight. The ones that stayed on started falling off a
>> short time later.
>>
>> John KK9A
>>
>>
>> To:     towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com <javascript:;>>
>> Subject:        [TowerTalk] Running feed line and rotor cable together?
>> From:   Chuck Smallhouse <w7cs at theriver.com <javascript:;>>
>> Date:   Tue, 23 Dec 2014 16:24:57 -0700
>>
>> For various reasons I wouldn't use "UV Proof" (resistant) cable ties, as
>> I've never found any that were, for any length of time !
>>
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