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Re: [TowerTalk] HDX 555 Motor Drive BEaring

To: Kent Olsen <kilo6dko@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] HDX 555 Motor Drive BEaring
From: Jim Rhodes <jim@rhodesend.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2019 22:18:48 -0500
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Maybe he was just commenting on what would have happened if Phil had NOT
been at the  tower when raising it.

On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 10:06 PM Kent Olsen <kilo6dko@gmail.com> wrote:

> Rick
>
> What leads you to believe that he was using a remote to crank the tower up
> and down?
>
> 73
> Kent
> N6WT
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 3:07 PM Richard (Rick) Karlquist <
> richard@karlquist.com> wrote:
>
> > Yet another example of why you should never use
> > the remote control box to control these units
> > from a distance.
> >
> > Rick N6RK
> >
> >
> > On 7/4/2019 2:08 PM, Phil Snyder wrote:
> > > Hi All
> > >
> > > Went out this morning to crank up the tower to see if I could hear any
> > > of the EU on 6 meters. as soon as it started up I heard a couple
> > > cracking noises. I stopped and tweaked it up and down a little and
> > > discovered that the flange bearing on the back side of the multi wrap
> > > sheave failed.
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