[TowerTalk] LMR600 up to the top of tower ?

[Lew Sayre]

On a related note, is solder or crimping the best way to form a reliable,
long lasting connector to LMR-600?
If crimping, what is the best tool/system to use? I've always soldered the
smaller coaxes in the past but always ready to learn a new trick.
73 and I remain,
  Lew   w7ew

On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 8:24 PM, Drax Felton <draxfelton at gmail.com> wrote:

> I do this with 1/2 hardline runs.   I wound a helix of steel rope around
> the bundle and let it take the weight and cinch on the cables all the way
> down.   Lowering the 90 tower just causes the hardline to form big loops on
> the ground.
> Tie down a length of it to an arm at the top so the cable connectors don't
> flex and its held away from the tower.
> Then use a turnbuckle on the steel rope at the bottom to keep it from
> swinging in the wind.
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> On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 5:43 PM -0700, "Robert Harmon" <k6uj at pacbell.net>
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> I have a 380 foot coax run to the top section of my motorized tower when
> it is fully extended.
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> I am changing out all my old RG213 and thinking of saving a few db by
> going to LMR600 up to the top section then
> LMR400UF up from there for the rotor loop and up to the 40 meter beam and
> triband/warc beam on the mast.
> What do you think of LMR600 for this run from the shack up to the top
> section for a motorized tower ?
> When I lower the tower I am thinking I could coil the LMR600 into maybe 5
> foot diameter coils on the ground.
> BTW the tower is 90 feet to the top of the top section when all the way up.
> Is this a bad idea ?  (I am hoping to avoid the cost of the flex LMR600UF
> if I can.)
> A side issue is I understand I have to be very careful not to nick the
> copper clad on the center conductor
> when installing a connector on the non flex LMR600.   I would use the
> Davis PL259 connectors for LMR600.   Anyway maybe this usage of the
> LMR600 is not a good idea, what do you think ?
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> Bob
> K6UJ
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