Alan,
I am not home but I should have the info on file and will get with you off list
next week.
73
NJ0F
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 15, 2013, at 9:14 AM, Alan NV8A <nv8a@charter.net> wrote:
> I asked the question because nobody (AFAIK) has ever managed to get any
> instructions from UST for performing what UST calls an essential maintenance
> task.
>
> 73
>
> Alan NV8A
>
>
> On 06/14/13 04:23 pm, Andre VanWyk wrote:
>> After doing this many times before no need for instructions anymore hi hi.
>>
>> NJ0F
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jun 14, 2013, at 4:06 PM, Alan NV8A<nv8a@charter.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 06/14/13 02:56 pm, Andre VanWyk wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 14, 2013, at 9:56 AM, K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> I had many crank up towers over a span of 25 years and never lubed a
>>>>>> single cable, nor had a cable snap or fail.
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, you don't get a ticket everytime you speed either.
>>>>
>>>> True but you should not be speeding in the first place ...
>>>>>
>>>>>> Having said this, I regularly inspect cables on my towers and replace
>>>>>> them if required.
>>>>>
>>>>> By neglecting periodic lubrication, you're probably replacing cables
>>>>> that really wouldn't have needed replacement if they'd been lubed. I'm
>>>>> just saying.
>>>> Valid argument Steve, but in my world the cost if replacing the cables
>>>> every 3 years is much cheaper than me spending time lubricating cables on
>>>> 4 crank up towers.
>>>
>>> And how easy were the recabling instructions you got from UST to follow?
>>>
>>> 73
>>>
>>> Alan NV8A
>
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