[TowerTalk] Pulling coax through PVC pipe

jimlux jimlux at earthlink.net
Mon Jan 29 10:21:45 EST 2018


On 1/29/18 7:04 AM, Dick Blumenstein wrote:
> One slight mod on Patrick's feedback...
> 
> Instead of a rope or stout cable, I would use polyester mule tape (maybe 
> about 1/2" to 3/4" wide) attached to the end of your old cables, so when 
> your old cables have been pulled through, you can then attach the end of 
> that to pull the new cables in, while allowing additional mule tape in 
> parallel to the new cables to be pulled in, too.  


And oddly, mule tape seems to be EAR99 (subject to Dept of Commerce 
export rules, but not specifically controlled) - So if you're shipping 
mule tape to some places, it has to be a for a permitted use (no using 
it to support developmental nuclear weapons in North Korea, for instance)



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