I installed new wires through my mast . New connectors , soldering outside while standing on a ladder . Heat shrink tubing each wire . I stood back to admire my handiwork .. until I noticed how I had routed the wire
I was so close …
- Thread starter Timm R Oday25
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I’ve definitely never done anything like that. Nope, not ever.
I don’t suppose that cleat uses a threaded backing plate or captive nuts that would let you easily remove it…?
I was so close part two..
I very carefully tied a messenger line to the coax cable at the base of the mast . Very carefully I pulled the coax out of the top of the mast .
A huge relief swept over me as I saw the messenger line emerge . I carefully untied the old coax from the messenger line and was getting ready to attach the replacement coax ,when suddenly the messenger line disappeared back into the mast !
Seems my very animated dog saw the spool of line bouncing in the air while I was pulling it through the mast. She grabbed the spool and ran across the yard with it .
I very carefully tied a messenger line to the coax cable at the base of the mast . Very carefully I pulled the coax out of the top of the mast .
A huge relief swept over me as I saw the messenger line emerge . I carefully untied the old coax from the messenger line and was getting ready to attach the replacement coax ,when suddenly the messenger line disappeared back into the mast !
Seems my very animated dog saw the spool of line bouncing in the air while I was pulling it through the mast. She grabbed the spool and ran across the yard with it .
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I've done the same thing with cabling more times than I can count. If it makes you feel any better I hastily installed a line clutch with 4200, came back a week later and realized I installed it backwards!