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Re: [TowerTalk] Bundling of tower coax and control lines

To: "w7ry@centurytel.net" <w7ry@centurytel.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Bundling of tower coax and control lines
From: Drax Felton <draxfelton@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 15:02:21 -0500
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What if one just gave them the Krylon touch? 


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> On Nov 16, 2013, at 8:57 AM, Jim W7RY <w7ry@centurytel.net> wrote:
> 
> Tessco has it by 500 foot spools. It's called split loom tubing or convoluted 
> tubing.  A search will turn up Tessco. Huge supplier to the wireless industry.
> 
> 73
> Jim W7RY
> 
> 
>> On 11/16/2013 5:24 AM, Patrick Greenlee wrote:
>> Roger, Your UV is not nearly the intensity of the 5000 ft high desert QTH. 
>> What works for you will not work with the intense UV of the high desert.
>> 
>> Ray, I think the dripline is something to consider. I think it should be 
>> much more survivable than typical water hoses which the UV eats quickly. I 
>> have had HD clear plastic tubing turn to sticky goo in under a year. I have 
>> used some 1/2 and 3/4 inch black plastic tubing in drip systems and it 
>> lasted with no apparent damage for several years. The black plastic wire 
>> covering "tubing" (wire loom) with a slit on one side lasts for several 
>> years.  I always found it necessary to put some tape around it every so 
>> often or to use a few distributed tie wraps to keep the enclosed wires from 
>> popping out when the bundle was flexed. Maybe you could ferret out the mfg 
>> and buy it in longer lengths that the shorter ones at the auto parts store.
>> 
>> Patrick AF5CK
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: Roger (K8RI) on TT
>> Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 2:27 AM
>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Bundling of tower coax and control lines
>> 
>>> On 11/16/2013 2:51 AM, Ray Benny wrote:
>>> The subject of bundling tower coax with a spiral/twist type material was
>>> recently mentioned. I cannot seem to find it.
>>> 
>>> I would like to bundle my coax and other cables, hanging from coax arms, to
>>> protect them from UV rays. My QTH is high desert, almost 5000 ft elevation
>>> and control lines on other towers are starting to be affected. I used non
>>> UV resistant cables that I had on hand at the time,
>> 
>> My Opinion:
>> 
>> Because of the cost and work involved, I'd choose to just replace the
>> cables.
>> There are very few coax cables and rotator cables that are very
>> sensitive to UV.
>> The only brand name coax sensitive to UV "that I know of" are the
>> UltraFlex versions of the LMR series.
>> I do have "old" rotator cables that the outer jacket is failing after
>> nearly 30 years.
>> 
>> 
>> If the cables have been up long enough to already show substantial
>> deterioration, it's time to replace them anyway.
>> 
>> 73
>> 
>> Roger (K8RI)
>> 
>>> Does anyone have leads to locate some of this UV resistant material? I've
>>> seen this type of material for indoor cables, in 6 - 8 ft lengths. I'm
>>> hoping someone makes long lengths, 50 ft or so and of different diameters.
>>> 
>>> Just a thought, has anyone successfully used large diameter black water
>>> drip line for this? Seems to cover 2 RG8 size coax cables, a #12/2 copper
>>> line and a 3/8" control line would require at least a 1" diameter line.
>>> 
>>> Tnx,
>>> 
>>> Ray, N6VR
>>> Chino Valley, AZ
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