[TowerTalk] Running feed line and rotor cable together?

[Patrick Greenlee]

I responded to some PM's re cost of the tool at $100 or a bit more. If 
you don't do a lot of banding just buy the strapping and buckles and 
hand assemble.  Use pliers or visegrips to tighten some if desired.  
You'll need a way to cut the strap but bolt cutters and wiggling back 
and forth will git 'er done.

For most cable and coax securing tasks you don't want to get super tight 
anyway.  A dollop of glue or caulk or spray adhesive will keep clamps on 
a vertical run in place. This will still be more expensive than tie 
wraps but lasts forever in terrible environments.

Merry Christmas

Patrick   NJ5G



On 12/25/2014 10:42 AM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
> 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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