I never heard of that thingie... thank goodness
as I might have thought of trying it ,,,
sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.,...
i'll stick to hanging stuff off the top section....
bill /3
\At 05:12 PM 7/19/2010, Eric Dobrowansky K2WD wrote:
>Â Anyone using the US Tower IV-16 inverted V
>bracket? I have one installed here, and have
>already seen it spin around approx. 90-120
>degrees  while rotating the antenna stack, and
>it almost yanked my dipole to shreads.  Has
>anyone experienced this, and solved it, by using
>some sort of lubricant between the mast and IV
>mount?  Maybe grease like that which is put
>into the thrust bearing via the fitting? Or some
>other sort of lubricant? Otherwise,  I think
>I will be lowering the tower and moving theÂ
>dipole pulley off the IV16 and re-attaching it
>to one of the cross-members of the upper
>section. I used that method on my last tower
>for years. Just need an extra hand to hold the
>ropes away from the tower face when raising or
>lowering the tower. But at least you can turn
>the antenna stack without the fear of tearing
>up the wire antennas.  Then, the next time I
>bring the tower horizontal, trash the darn
>IV-16..... Eric K2CB
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