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1. [TowerTalk] Fall Zones (score: 1): Author: Wilson Lamb <infomet@embarqmail.com>; Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 09:28:06 -0400 (EDT); I had to laugh when I saw this in a post this morning: " The argument is based on the assumption that the tower would be cranked down during a forecast of extreme weather such s a hurricane/tropical; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-07/msg00121.html (7,317 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Fall Zones (score: 1): Author: "Bob Shohet, KQ2M" <kq2m@kq2m.com>; Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 10:39:18 -0400; I dont know how long is required to crank down at 89 crank-up at full extension but I would suspect that it is at least 90 seconds. At this qth, when a Tornado or macroburst/microburst winds are appr; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-07/msg00122.html (8,880 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Fall Zones (score: 1): Author: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 08:03:55 -0700; At this qth, when a Tornado or macroburst/microburst winds are approaching, I get about 30 seconds warning from the oncoming roar of wind crashing through the trees. The noise is loud, distinct and u; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-07/msg00123.html (8,624 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Fall Zones (score: 1): Author: "Bob Shohet, KQ2M" <kq2m@kq2m.com>; Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 11:28:00 -0400; Yes indeed Jim, when the trees come down the local circuit usually goes down too. Not always, but most of the time, introducing yet another potential failure point to the anemometer/automatic winch i; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-07/msg00124.html (9,409 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Fall Zones (score: 1): Author: john@kk9a.com; Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 12:08:24 -0500; Plus it would be dangerous to be outside cranking down a tower during tornado or microburst and it may jam from the extreme side wind force. I would not want to rely on having to crank down a tower t; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-07/msg00130.html (9,088 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Fall Zones (score: 1): Author: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>; Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 11:26:32 -0700; 90 seconds???? My 106 foot crank up takes at least 20 MINUTES to crank down. A lot of "stuff" can happen in that time. The other issue is that towers without positive pull down famously hang up in h; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-07/msg00134.html (8,283 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] Fall Zones (score: 1): Author: "Bob Shohet, KQ2M" <kq2m@kq2m.com>; Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 15:05:56 -0400; Hi Rick, Like I said, I dont know how long is required..... I used a hand crank to crank up a very tall crankup tower many years ago at KR2N it may have been a TX472 but I dont recall. It was an agon; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-07/msg00135.html (9,378 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] Fall Zones (score: 1): Author: Don <w7wll@arrl.net>; Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 13:46:26 -0700; I never timed the manual time to run my HyGain HG-70HD crankup up or down because I always do it in 'shifts' with rests (maybe sit in a chair and work a 807 over for a few minutes), but I know it is; /archives//html/Towertalk/2019-07/msg00137.html (13,168 bytes)

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