I am in process of changing a few things on my tower and have it folded down for a day or so to do work. After installing the tower and extending it fully, I discovered I had way too much excess cabl
US Tower recommends about 17'4" for the cables between sections. If you figure 21 ft sections with 4 ft of overlap, that's 17 ft per section. A little extra slack doesn't hurt. Skip, KJ6Y Communicati
OK, yet another =very= basic question: is the coax supposed to hang loosly through the sidearms so the entire weight of the coax is born at the top-most attach point or is the coax supposed to be sec
Hi Dick: --snip-- --snip-- I only have one tower experience in this area. I copied the US Tower side arms for my crank up. I wondered the same thing.... My solution is this. 1. Too much strain to han
This is how you do it. The most common devices are called Kellum grips and they are perfect for this type of application. That way, the weight is on the grip and no damage is done to the cables. The
The loops of coax always looked like a good idea, but I have gone away from it. During windy conditions, the loops hung up too many times. The present solution is to use one at the top, with a curved