What Rick said reminded me of a QST article quite a few years
ago...might have been in the "Hint and Kinks" column. A guy used
a drill to raise and lower the tower with the winch/hoist that was
mounted on the tower. Might be some info there worth looking at.
73,
Charlie, N0TT
On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:07:45 -0700 "Richard (Rick) Karlquist"
<richard@karlquist.com> writes:
> Would a Fulton KW3000 worm drive winch turned by an
> electric drill work for you? See:
>
>
http://www.n6rk.com/drill_adapter_for_winch/drill_adapter_for_winch.html
>
> The KW3000 holds 50 feet of 5/16" cable. It will have no trouble
> with
> 70 feet of your small cable.
>
> Also, consider mounting a pulley at the base of the tower and
> running
> the cable out to the winch mounted outside the tower on the ground.
> It doesn't have to be inside the tower like GM does it.
>
> Rick N6RK
>
> On 3/24/2013 6:46 PM, Kenneth Waites wrote:> I am removing the worn
>
> winch that came on my 70' Glen Martin aluminum tower, and replacing
> it
> with a winch
> > that has a spool. I want reliability first.
> > I am finding it difficult to find a winch that will hold 70' or
> so of
> cable that I believe is 7/32".
>
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