Steve that is not the case in Florida, cables last 5-10 years in the salt
air environment here. I've even seen 2 collapse because of rotten cables and
of course the towers and antennas were severely damaged.
Julio, W4HY also a US Tower authorized service and installer rep
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From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of K7LXC@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 12:29 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com; john@kk9a.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] US Tower damaged by lightning
In a message dated 4/28/2010 4:38:49 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
towertalk-request@contesting.com writes:
> I don't know why lightning would damage your steel tower cables. I
never
replaced my guy wires after a strike. US Towers recommends changing
cables
frequently, regardless of lightning, but very few people do it.
For one they typically can't - it's not an easy job.
Also, the 3-year cable replacement recommended by UST is a weasel
clause. That is, if you have some semi-fatal problem and you didn't replace
the
cables, they can weasel out of any responsibility.
In typical usage, I've never seen crank-up cables that actually should
have been replaced - even in crank-ups 20 years old and older.
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH
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