Anyone out there using the KF7P standoffs or similar and raising/lowering
your tower successfully without observation?
Anyone out there using the KF7P standoffs or similar and have had snagging
problems while raising and lowering your tower with or without observation
while the tower was in motion? If so, what seemed to be the problem? Was
it wind induced or otherwise?
I think there are folks out there who routinely raise and lower their towers
remotely without observation and experience no problems. It would be great
to know how they do it. One of my to be installed towers will be 300 ft or
so and not always fun.
Patrick AF5CK
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Dyer
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 9:56 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] COAX on CRANKUP-how to hang
KF7P makes very nice stand-offs and not too pricey -- especially
compared to the price of the tower, coax, control cables, etc..
www.kf7p.com. I have no pecuniary interest. Just a happy customer.
73,
Steve
W1SRD
Stand-offs are a high prices accessory...great profit margin! Like you
have had crank-ups for decades. Never had an issue with rotor cables or
coax... Subjective opinion of one....YMMV.
73,
Dave
Wa3gin
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Be Prepared Stay Prepared
On Oct 30, 2013, at 7:39 AM, kr2q@optimum.net wrote:
I have owned crank-up towers for close to 40 years...in multiple
locations and using
multiple types of crankup towers (Heights, Hy-Gain, US Tower). I still
own 2 crank-ups.
In all cases, I just let the coax and rotor cable "hang down" right along
side of the tower.
I never used standoffs or coax arms. Not sure why they are necessary.
Nothing ever got tangled or "hung up" in the tower. I think that would
be really difficult to do.
I mean, why would coax (eg, RG8 type) want to or be able to "decide" to
bend and enter into
the tower lattice? It is already handing from the very top to the very
bottom. For me, it would
take an extraordinary act of nature to "convince" the coax to defy
gravity, bend into a small
loop, and "enter" the tower lattice.
de Doug KR2Q
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