>From: "Bob KH6KWS" <rmfuller@gte.net>
>Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.antenna
>Subject: Need help with U.S. Tower & Triex moter drive corrosion
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Date: 19 Nov 1997 07:10:14 GMT
>Organization: gte.net
>
>Does anyone have any thoughts about corrosion resistance of the U.S. Tower
>or the Triex tower motor/gear mechanism for raising and lowering their
>towers.
>
>I'm on Kauai next to salt water. It looks like it would be hard to
>shield either of these from the salt air, but it appears that the triex
>winch motor can be easily removed for storage inside, leaving only the winch
>to rust. It looks like the U.S. Tower mechanism would be harder to remove
>or
>protect.
>
>I'd like to figure out how the U.S. Tower does, and how the winch on the
>Triex does.
>
>I've had the hand crank winches that come on U.S. Towers, and un-protected,
>they rust out in about two years here.
>
>Thanks in advance for any input.
>
>Bob Fuller W7KWS/KH6KWS
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