[TowerTalk] Feedline Conduit Insights please

[Mac]

Go find a utility contractor installing fiber optic conduit. In reality 
it is PVC  conduit on a very large roll, then called HDPE it is 
continuous and damn near bullet roof ..

In my case i found the 6" stuff and 400 plus feet that was complete 
excess and free for the hauling away it was brand new, but a scrap piece 
to these guys is always several hundred feet plus, if you couple it, use 
the Furnco rubber couplers like plumbers use.. but if you look around 
enuff you will find exactly or better than what you were thinking and 
the price is right and even if you have to pay,  really do you care,  
one continuous length is great, super easy to pull your stuff thru, i 
ran 2 each 6" runs from my shack to tower base inside an old traffic 
enclosure box  then was able to run 5 each 7/8" heliax runs in one and 
all control and power logic in the other, no water no fuss super good..

smallest size is usually 2" and goes up  its flexible and very 
conforming to your ditch, using 10' or 20' pvc joints will pale with 
this stuff .

I promise you once you start looking you will see way more opportunity 
to find this stuff than you thought, regular electrical PVC sweeps will 
fit up in the matching size using the couplings and your all set.

I would not go back to electrical PVC if given to me...

Good luck..

mac/mc  w5mc

On 7/24/2019 8:33 PM, Ken Bauer via TowerTalk wrote:
> It’s about 300’ uphill from the shack to the proposed tower base (for HF). At my house, critters both above ground (rats, squirrels, skunks) and below (gophers) chew on sprinkler lines and cable. Plus a careless gardener disinclines me to direct burial. I am considering 3” electrical sched 40 PVC with a junction box at the low point with a water drain. Have already run such from shack room to a point 20’ from the house.
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> I plan to run two hardlines to a 2 x 8 remote coax switch. i would appreciate any commentary re conduit setup (e.g. pull loops desirable? distance between Christy boxes? etc.), hardline recommendations, etc.
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> Thanks,
> Ken WC6Y
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