Mike, now that I think about it, I believe the cable went down the
groove in the bottom section and attached to the bottom of the second
section.
73, Joe
Joe Giacobello wrote:
>Mike, I owned a TT-45 several years back. If my memory serves, the
>tower was in three sections. The topmost section was locked into the
>2nd section with a bolt or similar. I think the second section slid on
>a track (sort of tongue and groove arrangement) on it and the bottom
>section. I believe the 2nd section was male and the bottom was female,
>but my memory is vague on this. The raising cable went up the outside
>of the bottom section and somehow fit between the inside of the bottom
>section and the outside of the 2nd section and was attached to the
>bottom of the 2nd section somehow.
>
>That's all I can remember. It seemed to work reasonably well. Maybe
>someone else has a better recollection.
>
>73, Joe
>
>Mike Newman wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi
>>
>>I'm looking for info on the Wilson and other tubular crank-ups.
>>
>>We don't get to see this make of mast here in ZL, but since I have some
>>lengths of heavy wall steel pipe, I would like to build something like the
>>Wilson crank-up.
>>
>>Can someone tell me what the tower comprises, and how it is assembled?
>>
>>Are the nesting tubular sections all circular or are some square in section?
>>
>>How is rotation of one section within the other prevented - ie is there a
>>keyway or similar.
>>
>>Thanks de MikeN, ZL1BNB
>>
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