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> Throw away all the factory standoffs.
> Attach a piece of angle iron to the top section, just
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> 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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> 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
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