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Re: [TowerTalk] IN SEARCH OF PVC Tubing to Bury...

To: richard@karlquist.com, "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] IN SEARCH OF PVC Tubing to Bury...
From: Mike <nf4l@nf4l.com>
Reply-to: nf4l@nf4l.com, "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:54:00 -0500
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Rick Karlquist wrote:
> I bought 1000 ft of 1 inch thinwall sprinkler PVC pipe
> at Home Depot fairly cheaply in 20 ft lengths.  I am
> planning to slip it over a run of hardline to protect
> the aluminum jacket.
>
> Someone mentioned black poly "pipe".  Not sure what
> you were referring to, but I tried to use black poly
> drip irrigation tubing (1/2 inch) that comes in big rolls.
> The problem is that it never wants to straighten out
> and if you force it to, it will develop kinks.  It
> proved to be impossible to fish coax through it over
> any significant distance.  Too much friction.
> If anyone has solved this problem, let us know.
>
> Rick N6RK
>   
Something like this, I think.
http://www.flex-drain.com/

73, Mike NF4L

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