[TowerTalk] Coax above ground

[Patrick Greenlee]

Good luck with the decoys. My experience is that once the local 
population becomes familiar with the decoys they will be mostly ignored 
if not perched on. Tanglefoot is another approach and works pretty well. 
Apply it where the birds would perch and they won't. Bird Blinder 
reflective tape works well in some instances and is way cheaper than 
small quantities of tanglefoot.

Patrick        NJ5G

On 3/19/2016 12:42 PM, Andre VanWyk via TowerTalk wrote:
> I am starting construction on my new antenna farm this spring on a piece of land that I acquired, neighboring my house. All cabling will run from my shop building to a communications shelter, 320ft away from where it will be switched to towers / verticals. The path runs through an area that is very wet all year with lots of trees in between. Excavating will probably not be the easiest thing to do. I am running 2 x 1 5/8”, 2 x 7/8” Heliax lines, as well as an AC cable to power everything at the site. Control will be a wireless link.
> After considering all the options of burying this, I came to the conclusion that it will be easier running these cables above ground on 4x4 support poles, about 4ft off the ground. I plan to use a Bobcat mounted Auger to drill the holes about 4ft down below the frost line. I am cutting a path that is large enough to keep the cables out in the open, away from branches etc. Further to this, the plan is to place a few Owl / Hawk decoys along the route to keep birds away, and I think chances of critters making the cable “home” out in the open should be minimal.
> Any thoughts?
> 73’s
> NJ0F
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