Steve,
There are probably 1000 answers to the 1000 questions.
I built my own house. Before we had the slab poured, I installed a pair of
2in PVC pipes that come up into the wall that is behind my operating desk.
These pipes go underground to the tower. All my Coax and control lines are
now underground and come up through the slab in the house and up to a WX
proof box at the base of the tower. Nothing is visible inside or outside.
All of my cables are routed through the inside wall via a standard
electrical box which is easily covered should I ever move.
I have an access panel that I can remove in the garage wall behind my radio
room. This provides access to the underground pipes and entry point into the
shack. . I also installed a good ground rod under the slab and it comes up
into the same wall a few inches from the cable pipes.
On the other end, I installed a good ground system before I poured the tower
base. I also have a 00 wire running a few feet from the tower to the water
well. It has 6 in. Galvanized casing that goes down 200 ft. Sure makes a
good ground and with the cables underground, my noise level is very low.
* 73's Jim W5IFP *
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>[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Steve Katz
>Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 11:16 PM
>To: w4mja@yahoo.com; towertalk@contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Coax Entry
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>>Hello Everyone,
> As I finish up with the antenna projects, I now pose an
>old and probably asked 1,000 times question. What is the best
>way to have coax enter the shack?<
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>::I prefer to have it knock and wipe its feet, then enter. :-)
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> >I'm looking for a good way to get one run of 3/8"
>hardline into the shack, while still maintaining somewhat of an
>astetic appeal, and not doing too much damage to the house.<
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>::I drill holes down very low, just above the baseboard molding
>of the shack and behind equipment benches, desks or something
>so that the cable entering the room cannot be seen at all.
>Generally that means drilling only a few inches above soil
>level outside, so the cable really cannot be seen where it
>enters from outside, either (behind bushes, or behind the A/C
>unit, or something). I have eleven such entry holes for coax
>and rotator cables, and you really can't see any of them.
>Since my siding is stucco (cement) it takes a masonry bit to
>drill through, but isn't difficult nor messy. Been doing this
>for years at many houses. "Down low" cable entry is much nicer
>than "up higher" because it's much easier to hide. Also,
>patching the stucco or whatever when you go to sell the house
>is easy when it's down low because people aren't on their hands
>and knees looking for every imperfection.
>
>-WB2WIK/6
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