They sell a plastic form to wind up slack in the air. You can lace the
slack back and forth along an aerial run and use the form to maintain
bend radius at each end so you're not pinching it. The form is called a
snow shoe.
http://www.fiberinstrumentsales.com/16-plastic-sho-shoe-with-adss-hardware-one-pair.html
I’m not sure I understand what you mean by “snowshoe” vs “coil”, but I
know here we avoid anything that can flap in the wind. So a service
loop of several turns of excess cable will often be squashed into a
snowshoe shape and taped or ziptied to the pipe in several places so
it doesn’t flap. With the winds we get, especially in winter,
anything that flaps will eventually break.
*From:* Chuck McCown <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>
*Sent:* Tuesday, August 18, 2015 5:41 PM
*To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] snowshoes vs a coil
It is less likely to be tampered with on a snowshoe. And you can
store a bunch of slack that way. Space them far apart and put lots of
turn on them. Much better than a coil.
*From:* Adam Moffett <mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com>
*Sent:* Tuesday, August 18, 2015 4:34 PM
*To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
*Subject:* [AFMUG] snowshoes vs a coil
I've seen slack just left in a coil on the pole, and I've seen it done
in a snow shoe.
I guess I'm gonna betray my ignorance here, because I don't understand
why you'd want a snow shoe. If it's ok to just leave a coil on the
pole, why would you /not /do that?
