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Re: [TowerTalk] Buried conduit pull rope

Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Buried conduit pull rope
From: Jon <kd5sfa@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 20:17:35 +0000
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Not sure how much power it could handle, I would also twist it so it
doesn't flap around in the wind as much.

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 15:03 Thomas Noel <tnoel@mac.com> wrote:

> Has anyone ever used the Muletape Quad Detectible as antenna wire?
>
> Has 4 22 ga tinned copper insulated wires embedded, so much like electric
> control fencing but insulated. 4 parallel wires in a 1/2” tape with 1250#
> breaking strength with the 4 wires bonded seems like a strong lightweight
> self-supporting conductor for a long dipole or end-fed. Cheap at $80 for a
> 3000’ roll.
>
> Polyester has excellent UV resistance. No idea what the abrasion
> resistance would be like, but it is designed to be tied in knots and to be
> dragged through ductwork and conduit.
>
> Thomas W Noel
> KF7RSF
>
> On Aug 28, 2017, at 12:20 PM, Jon <kd5sfa@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> +1 on muletape !
>
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 12:17 Steve Maki <lists@oakcom.org> wrote:
>
> Muletape is the only thing to use. It's flat & slippery, does not tend
> to twist, and won't burn thru your PVC corners. And cheap. And strong.
>
> -Steve K8LX
>
> On 8/28/2017 1:03 PM, Steve K7AWB wrote:
>
> I am going to bury some heliax and coax cables in conduit and I'd
> like some advice on Pull ropes. I think I'll use two of them so that
> in the future I have redundancy since once these are buried for 200
> feet, it would be impossible to dig them up again. What do you
> suggest? By Pull ropes I mean both nonmetallic ropes and maybe
> metallic wire such as guy wire or something like that. Steve k7awb
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