[UK-CONTEST] Supporting an overhead run of Heliax

[Regwoolley at aol.com]

I have just what your talking about a run of cables from the tower to  
shack.Its a bunch of all sorts from heliax To control cable.  I use plastic  
cable ties and have had no problem. Yes you can get brake down from UV. However 
 being a typical amateur every few years you change something and therefore 
the  UV problem never occurs! I would not use metal ones with a tool as 
there is a  good chance you can over tighten them and damage cables
 
Reg G8VHI 
 
 
In a message dated 18/01/2011 09:38:02 GMT Standard Time,  
roger.thawley at sky.com writes:

Just to  add to Dave's comments about cable ties and UV; stainless steel 
ties
are  available and, although more expensive that nylon, these will  last
indefinitely. From a practical perspective, a proper tensioning tool  for SS
wraps is useful for tightening the wraps to the desired degree,  however,
these don't come cheap!



A little "Googling" throws  up a number of sources  including
http://cse-distributors.co.uk/cabmgmt/stainless-steel-cable-ties.htm



Roger,  G0BSU



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