The only ones that I'd give a hard-no to are to cable in conduit going up the tower (would result in a lot of pull on the cables as they aren't attached for a very long distance; limits upgrade options) and the grease/spray on cat5 ends (unless you're at sea or very humid areas).
On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 8:48 AM Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > Most of those things are a good idea, even if not completely necessary (a > lot of it, like shielded cable, is necessary, in my opinion). > > Steel cable ties sound like a bad idea (assuming you're talking about the > zip tie type... I imagine that would tend to cut through cables). > > If you've had problems with guy wires rusting, then I would probably look > into stainless steel, but I think galvanized is generally fine... I'm > certainly not an expert on that subject though. > > On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 1:31 AM Rhys Cuff (Latrobe IT) < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Guys >> >> >> >> I’m continually improving my 15 year old Wisp and had some questions.. >> >> >> >> Do you guys ground all your base radios? >> >> Do you use surge suppressors? >> >> Do you use shielded cable on the towers with metal ends? >> >> Do you put all your cable in conduit going up the tower? >> >> Do you use steel cable ties? >> >> Do you put some kind of grease or spray on the cat5 end before you set in >> place? >> >> Do you use stainless steel guy wires? >> >> >> >> My answer to all these is no ☹ but I figure if I’m rebuilding I should >> do it right the 5th time! >> >> >> >> Thanks very much for any idea’s >> >> >> >> Rhys >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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