Around here, they're called hurricanes..
Saved my butt this year.
73
Gil, W1RG
----- Original Message -----
From: <K7LXC@aol.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>; <kc4pe@bellsouth.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Glen Martin Voyager Hazer
>
> In a message dated 12/22/2005 9:04:19 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
>
>> Glen Martin informed me today that they no longer offer the
> antenna raising hazer for the 45G tower.....
>
>> was called the "Voyager Hazer"
>
>
>> The Voyager Hazer is a tower accessory designed to elevate antennas up
>> and
> down the outside of a tower. A separate set of aluminum track is bolted
> to
> the face of the tower. Four sets of bronze bearing rollers make contact
> with
> the track, and a cage with antenna & rotor on a continious pull cable
> rides up
> and down the tower.....
>
>> Does anyone have one they are not using..or is there a better
> "Mouse Trap" for getting the antenna up and down a HD 45-55G tower..??
>
>
>
> "Mouse trap" is right - more like "Mickey Mouse". IMO the Hazer is an
> apparatus that appears to be really helpful but can be potentially
> dangerous. At no
> time should you disconnect the guy wires on a standing tower!
>
> Why do you need to run antennas up and down the tower? If
> everything's properly installed, you shouldn't have to work on anything
> for YEARS!
>
> Cheers,
> Steve K7LXC
> TOWER TECH -
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