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To: richard@karlquist.com, "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] IN SEARCH OF PVC Tubing to Bury...
From: Jack Haverty <jack@3kitty.org>
Reply-to: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics." <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:58:21 -0800
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On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 17:06 -0800, Rick Karlquist wrote:
> 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.

I've fished some small (RG-8X) coax through poly irrigation pipe using
the "slime" that's sold for lubricating conduit.  It's a bit messy but
it takes away a lot of the friction.  You run a standard electrical fish
tape through first, then pull the coax.

/Jack
DE K3FIV


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