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RE: [BULK] - Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Installation

To: 'David Hachadorian' <K6LL@adelphia.net>,Towertalk Reflector <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: RE: [BULK] - Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Installation
From: Steve Katz <stevek@jmr.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 13:56:55 -0800
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> Here is an even better way to handle the lines:
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> Throw away all the factory standoffs.
> Attach a piece of angle iron to the top section, just
> below the very top.
> Attach a Kellum Grip (see below) on the end of the
> angle iron, and let the cables dangle from it, all the
> way to the ground. Put a large trash barrel on the
> ground, and guide all the cables into it as the tower
> comes down.
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> ::That works well in places where it never freezes.  In places where it
> freezes, Murphy dictates that the barrel will be full of coax, then it
> will snow or rain, then it will freeze, and without a great deal of work
> you'll never get the tower cranked back up until the next
> thaw....-WB2WIK/6
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