It's also pretty easy to do this sans the plastic piece, I see it all of the time.
On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 8:54 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 18, 2015 5:41 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *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 <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 18, 2015 4:34 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *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? > > >
