Stand-offs are a high prices accessory...great profit margin! Like you have
had crank-ups for decades. Never had an issue with rotor cables or coax...
Subjective opinion of one....YMMV.
73,
Dave
Wa3gin
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> On Oct 30, 2013, at 7:39 AM, kr2q@optimum.net wrote:
>
> I have owned crank-up towers for close to 40 years...in multiple locations
> and using
> multiple types of crankup towers (Heights, Hy-Gain, US Tower). I still own 2
> crank-ups.
>
> In all cases, I just let the coax and rotor cable "hang down" right along
> side of the tower.
>
> I never used standoffs or coax arms. Not sure why they are necessary.
>
> Nothing ever got tangled or "hung up" in the tower. I think that would be
> really difficult to do.
> I mean, why would coax (eg, RG8 type) want to or be able to "decide" to bend
> and enter into
> the tower lattice? It is already handing from the very top to the very
> bottom. For me, it would
> take an extraordinary act of nature to "convince" the coax to defy gravity,
> bend into a small
> loop, and "enter" the tower lattice.
>
> de Doug KR2Q
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