No it doesn't. at least none of the stuff I use does that. Maybe if you
buy expensive tape like scotch 88 it does, but the $.50-$1.00 generic rolls
remove and leave the tower and cables shiny and clean.
David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-
> bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of john@kk9a.com
> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 16:52
> To: TOWERTALK@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Age Old Question
>
> The problem with tape (even Scotch 88) is it leaves a gummy black mess on
> the cables and tower when you remove it. Cable ties can quickly be
> snipped
> off and there's no mess.
>
> John KK9A
>
>
>
> To: "'Towertalk'" <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Age Old Question
> From: "David Robbins K1TTT" <k1ttt@arrl.net>
> Reply-to: k1ttt@arrl.net
> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:30:24 +0000
> List-post: <mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
>
> This is getting way too complicated... hose clamps, wire, kellem grips,
> cable ties, all too hard and more of a pain than they are worth. For
> almost
> 24 years in an area that gets lots of sun and plenty of snow and ice I
> have
> used nothing but the cheapest electrical tape I could find to hold cables
> of
> all kinds to tower legs, masts, booms, and above ground cable runs into
> the
> shack. I have always pulled it to break on the last wrap. And I have
> never
> had a cable failure due to pinching, slipping, or anything else related to
> how it was held up. Its quick, flexible, and easy to remove. And above
> all, its fun to see the hardware store clerk's eyes when after he says
> that
> the 10 or 20 rolls I'm buying at a time should last a while I tell him
> that
> it will be gone in a week. After a while you gauge jobs by how many rolls
> of tape they will use... i.e. replacing a vhf yagi without running a new
> feedline is <1 roll... but installing a new 4 ele 40m at 180' is a 2 roll
> job... and adding a new feedline from the shack to 180' is probably 5
> rolls(the bundle gets pretty fat from that tower to the shack!).
>
>
> David Robbins K1TTT
> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
> web: http://www.k1ttt.net
> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
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