I have a US Tower MA-770MDP with a major problem. This is the 71 foot tubular with motor drive. Last October I decided to lower the tower as the wind was picking up. Now when I try to raise the tower
Thanks for the responses so far... The tower does have slack in cables around the pulleys when it is raised the 4 or so feet that it goes up. The slack occurs when the tower shortly after the tower s
Back on March 5, I emailed this reflector about a problem I was having with a US Tower MA770-MDP which is the 70 foot tubular. I received a number of replies and I want to say thanks to all of you th
Alan, I installed one of the US Towers 70 foot tubular towers. It is fine for a little pistol such as myself. I can work on this thing without climbing anything higher than a ladder. I did have some
I have a MA-770 with the MARB base. I use a Yaesu G-1000DXA. Works fine for me. 73-Steve- WU9B _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTal
As long as you want "to get everyone's opinion on this" here is my $.02... I have the 71' U.S. Tower tubular (MA-770MDP, MARB-770 etc with the motor drive and remote control). I chose this tower beca
Sounds like fun! You must post some pictures for us! -Steve -- Steve Robinson (480) 471-2090 Home (480) 471-2066 Home FAX (480) 202-4747 Mobile _______________________________________________ _______
I have the 70 foot version of the MA-550 you mentioned. I really like it. You will probably want to lower the tower at least half way down when the winds are predicted. I lowered mine one day in stro
Roger, If you have a digital camera take lots of pictures and post them on the web somewhere for us. I remember putting up my US Tower a few years ago. It sure an exciting time when you been off the
I believe you can download a PDF version (32 Megabytes) from http://snulbug.mtview.ca.us/books/RadioAntennaEngineering/ Steve WU9B _______________________________________________ ____________________
The documentation on these towers are minimal to say the least. However, have you call the folks in the Lincoln, KS location? They helped me a lot in the past. You can see a picture of my MA770 at qr
I have 2 donkeys. I find that the longer ears radiate better on the low bands. -- Steve Robinson (480) 471-2090 Home (480) 471-2066 Home FAX (480) 202-4747 Mobile ____________________________________
Ron, I have a MARB770MDP and I live in Arizona. The wind storms can come up rather quickly and unannounced here. All I have on there is a Mosely TA33 right now and even with this smaller antenna the
Jim, My pilot lamp on my G-1000DXA is out too. I popped the case off and it looks like a pain in the butt to get to the light. Did you have any trouble? -- Steve Robinson (480) 202-4747 Mobile (480)
Roger, Sounds as if your priorities are in good order... -wu9b -- Steve Robinson (480) 202-4747 Mobile (480) 304-3399 FAX _______________________________________________ _____________________________
I had to once replace a bad switch on my US Towers tubular MA-770MDP. Steve WU9B _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list
Dan, I do not know if this person is still there but she helped me big time a few years back. shana@ustower.com Shana Sawyer General Manager U S Towers Corp KS 785-524-9966 785-524-9908 Fax Steve WU9
I had a major problem with my MARB770 a few years back and Dee brought me a new tower. I paid for some travel expenses and for my crane operator to help swap them out but... they gave me a new tower!
Hope you remembered to write your call in the concrete! 73, Steve WU9B _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk