I agree with Steve .. Been there, done that .. just think the tower company
representatives do NOT want to be held responsible for anything .. if you
know what I mean 6dx
----- Original Message -----
From: "VE6WZ" <ve6wz@shaw.ca>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>; "Bill Ogden" <ogden@us.ibm.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] More crankup questions
> Bill:
> > 1. U.S.Towers indicated that the contact between the sections is
probably
> > not good enough
> > to use the tower as a vertical (or as part of a half-sloper). How do
> > people overcome this?
>
> I do not agree with this. I have shunt feed my US tower 89' crankup as-is
> with no problem for three years....is there connection loss? I doubt it.
> The sections may have grease on them but I'm sure there is fair electrical
> connection, also look at all the steel cables on each section, as well as
> the positive pull down cable running from top to bottom. Not to mention
the
> coax feed from top to bottom. Seems like lots of electrical redundancy to
> me.
>
> > 2. They recommend the coax stand-off arms for getting cables to the top.
> I
> > do not see these
> > stand-off arms in most photos of crankups. Does everyone use them?
What
> > are other ways
> > of getting various cables to the top such that there is not a problem
when
> > cranking down the
> > tower?
>
> Forget the coax arms. Just stand-off the coax at the top about three
feet
> and let it "hang" to the bottom....again....no problem for three years.
The
> bundle of RG-8, and two rotor and switch box control lines support their
own
> weight with no "carrier cable" which others have used. My tower is
cranked
> down except when QRV so it goes up and down many times every week....no
> problem the coax bundle just piles up on the ground.
>
> gl, de steve VE6WZ http://www.qsl.net/ve6wz/
>
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