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?
