Huh, that sounds kind of like an always or never statement. I'll bet some people have other good reasons for doing conduit.
On Wed, Jul 17, 2019, 11:16 AM Daniel White <dwh...@atheral.com> wrote: > Conduit should only be used on rooftops (cable trays can be expensive) and > tower situations where heavy RF interference is leaking into the cable. > > In an ideal world to run cable up the tower you do a cable ladder and > cable blocks: https://www.sitepro1.com/store/cart.php?m=product_list&c=4 > > [image: photograph] > Daniel White > Co-Founder - Business Development & Operations > phone: +1 (702) 470-2766 > direct: +1 (702) 470-2770 > Colin Stanners wrote on 7/17/19 08:12: > > 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 <mhoward...@gmail.com> > 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) < >> r...@latrobeit.com.au> 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 >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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