In a message dated 5/3/2010 12:01:23 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
> As to tower cables failing, in my 54 years of hamming, I have never
heard
first hand from anyone that has had cable failure although I am sure this
has occurred, certainly there are enough stories floating around. I have
to
imagine that the majority of cases was because of poor maintenance
procedures, pushing a reasonable replacement time limit, or undersized or
poor quality cable or improper eye swaging.
Actually the 2 I've seen were none of the above. Both cable failures
were due to another external cable (coax, etc.) snagging on something on the
way up and unnoticed by the owner as the tower was moving. BIG noise as
the main haul cable snapped and everything collapsed into the tower bending
antenna booms and creating a bit of a problem repair-wise.
This is why I discourage using any kind of remote tower control and
strongly recommend you be at the tower watching everything whenever it's
moving.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH
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