I am finding it interesting to engineer a way way to attach things to a crank up tower. It looks like the cable standoffs are done with small U bolts. I'm considering having a light plate made to bol
I ordered my US Tower crank-up with the cable standoffs that are made for it. They bolt to the top plate of each section. The only place U-bolts could be used is at the top of the top section. 73 Ala
On my US Tower HDX-589 I use factory coax standoff arms, with a 90-degree PVC sweep on the top one arm to minimize strain from the weight of the hanging cables. I use the US Tower inverted vee hanger
Jim, I have a US Tower HDX-589 and also use their standoffs. I like the idea of yours to use a 90 degree PVC sweep elbow on the top standoff. May do this myself. Do you have a picture showing this to
I'm DEFINITELY going with a set of KF7P's curved standoffs. I think that's my best protection against feed line entanglement, given the characteristics of winds here. There are lots of great ideas he
I don't think I'd encountered the suggestion to use a PVC sweep to ease the strain on the cables. I used "Kellem grips," secured by small hose clamps to the loop on the top standoff, to suspend the c
The Kellem Grips look easier to use than my PVC sweep. I used a 2" gray, electrical PVC which runs through the loop at the end of the coax arm. My tower and arms are 1994 vintage, and I think the new
The US Tower catalog on line seems to be exactly the same as the printed one I got before I bought my tower -- copyright date is 1986!! Although it shows U-bolt-attached standoffs, what I received we
I measure the ID of the corner tube where I want to attach something then buy 2 ea 12 inch pieces of all thread rod to slip inside. I buy 2 nuts for each rod. Clamp the nuts onto a drilled piece of b