This works, but be careful. If you place too many layers of tape, that
are stretched too tightly, they will have a tendency to crush foam coax
over time as the tape tries to return to its original length.
--John W0UN
At 07:31 AM 6/2/2005, k1ttt@arrl.net wrote:
>i'm sure you'll get lots of fancy arrangements with tie wraps, cover them
>with tape, chinese finger traps, loops of copper wire, etc. just buy some
>cheap electrical tape (not scotch, get store brand stuff). and wrap it
>around in a nice thick layer to hold the cables to the OUTSIDE of the
>tower legs, don't put them inside, that just makes more work later. its
>cheap, doesn't crimp coax, easy to cut off and replace when you change
>cables. yes, you will change cables, or add or remove them, everyone does
>eventually! i have never had it there long enough to fail. just one
>thing to keep in mind, when you add a new cable resist the tempation to
>just tape it over the old layers, take off the old tape and replace it
>when you add something new or it just gets harder to take off later when
>there are multiple layers going between cables.
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