Author: k7lxc--- via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2019 18:21:14 +0000 (UTC)
Consider yourself LUCKY! I've seen a couple of catastrophes that could have been prevented if the owner was paying more attention to the tower while it was in motion. Cheers,Steve K7LXCTOWER
When I was in the tower business in the early 1970s, we had a customer who stood at the base of the tower and accidentally switched it UP when it was already up. Broke the main lift cable and down it
That actually sounds like a design or maintenance flaw. First, limit switches should have stopped that. Second, the motor should not be able to produce enough power to break a lift cable in good cond