Oh, that’s very different ... never mind.

From: Adam Moffett 
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 8:54 PM
To: af@afmug.com 
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] snowshoes vs a coil

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 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 5:41 PM
  To: 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 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 4:34 PM
  To: 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?


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