- 1. [TowerTalk] Beam Stuck*&%^*#@* (score: 1)
- Author: k9huh@icss.net (Ted & Joyce Wilhelm)
- Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 17:28:35 -0500
- Any suggestions to free a stuck beam...I have a TH7 on a 55 foot crank up that won't turn....Problem is I can't lower the tower with the beam pointing the way it is because of neighbors trees...If I
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00195.html (8,428 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] Beam Stuck*&%^*#@* (score: 1)
- Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com)
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 19:33:55 EDT
- << Any suggestions to free a stuck beam...I have a TH7 on a 55 foot crank up that won't turn....Problem is I can't lower the tower with the beam pointing the way it is because of neighbors trees...If
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00196.html (9,947 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] Beam Stuck*&%^*#@* (score: 1)
- Author: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne)
- Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 02:54:55 -0700
- HI Ted. You might try getting a line over the boom somehow and physically move it with a rope or something. I've done that before. 73 Tom W7WHY -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.h
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00205.html (8,568 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] Beam Stuck*&%^*#@* (score: 1)
- Author: thompson@mindspring.com (thompson@mindspring.com)
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 00:12:29 -0400
- that won't turn....Problem is I can't lower the tower with the beam Stop...don't try to ever climb a crank up. I have had the same problem with by antennas and rotors on top of a 71' crank up. I sug
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00208.html (9,861 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] Beam Stuck*&%^*#@* (score: 1)
- Author: w7ni@teleport.com (Stan Griffiths)
- Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 23:11:19 -0700
- Ted: How much more plain can the crankup manufacturers be? DON'T CLIMB A CRANKUP! I think your best option is to hire a bucket truck to take you up to the level of the rotator and troubleshoot it fro
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00217.html (10,058 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] Beam Stuck*&%^*#@* (score: 1)
- Author: ni6w@yagistress.minden.nv.us (Kurt Andress)
- Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 03:13:38 -0700
- Hi Ted, This kind of problem is really frustrating on a crankup! Specially, since you can't bring it down with the antenna at the present azimuth. I think many of the comments of others are very safe
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00219.html (11,477 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] Beam Stuck*&%^*#@* (score: 1)
- Author: kg5u@hal-pc.org (Dale L. Martin)
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 11:55:22 -0500
- I have problems. restraints into the cable lets go. Huh? You are up on the second or third section of a crankup....the cable lets go. What the hell good is it going to do you at all to have your han
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00226.html (10,044 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] Beam Stuck*&%^*#@* (score: 1)
- Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com)
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 15:59:07 EDT
- << I'll climb any crankup that I have problems. restraints into the cable lets go. Huh? You are up on the second or third section of a crankup....the cable lets go. What the hell good is it going to
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00227.html (10,107 bytes)
- 9. [TowerTalk] Beam Stuck*&%^*#@* (score: 1)
- Author: reiska@ven.net (Reinaldo Leandro)
- Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 15:18:58 -0400
- Ted: Before you do anything else check first the starting capacitor in the control box. 73 es DX de Reinaldo, YV5AMH -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00229.html (9,425 bytes)
- 10. [TowerTalk] Beam Stuck*&%^*#@* (score: 1)
- Author: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne)
- Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 21:56:24 -0700
- Hi Steve. If the tower is lowered, doesn't that loosen the guylines?? Don't say you climb an unguyed crank-up. When I lower mine just a little, the guys get awfully slack. 73 Tom W7WHY -- FAQ on WWW:
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00232.html (9,023 bytes)
- 11. [TowerTalk] Beam Stuck*&%^*#@* (score: 1)
- Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com)
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 20:10:29 EDT
- << If the tower is lowered, doesn't that loosen the guylines?? Don't say you climb an unguyed crank-up. When I lower mine just a little, the guys get awfully slack. >> Well, yes but guyed crank-ups h
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00238.html (8,583 bytes)
- 12. [TowerTalk] Beam Stuck*&%^*#@* (score: 1)
- Author: force12@interserv.com (force12@interserv.com)
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 18:13:32 -0700 (PDT)
- Good afternoon. My 2 cents: I, like Kurt, climb crank-ups all the time; HOWEVER, I DO NOT RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE. I fully realize that one mistake and I am in real trouble. I had my 89' tower break t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00240.html (10,931 bytes)
- 13. [TowerTalk] Beam Stuck*&%^*#@* (score: 1)
- Author: wa3gin@erols.com (David Jordan)
- Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 21:53:59 -0400
- TRI-EX produces two cranks-ups that require guying...CT-100 (100ft) and CT-150 (150ft). Both are mobile tower packages on trailers. Check out their web page for pictures. dave == Well, yes but guyed
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00241.html (8,462 bytes)
- 14. [TowerTalk] Beam Stuck*&%^*#@* (score: 1)
- Author: Chris91111@aol.com (Chris91111@aol.com)
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 04:07:13 EDT
- Not going to get involved in the discussion if someone should or should not climb a crank up tower. However, a wise ham should investigate the capabilities of the local fire department to come out an
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1998-09/msg00248.html (8,435 bytes)
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