I have heard this before. I have never had crushed coax either by cable
ties or tape. Perhaps quality or the type of coax used comes into play. I
have never used RG8, only RG213 (various brands), LMR400 and Belden 9913F7.
73, Keith NM5G
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From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of W0UN -- John
Brosnahan
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 2:01 PM
To: k1ttt@arrl.net; towertalk reflector
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Securing the cables to the tower?
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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