HI Barry...long time no see!
For those of us without this experience, please explain how a "stiff" piece of
coax enter between the zig/zags on your crankup. If I have a 10 foot length
of coax and hold it vertically against the tower, I have push quite hard to get
it to bend and then "enter" into the lattice. I am clearly missing something!
thanks,
Doug KR2Q
----- Original Message -----
From: w5gn@mxg.com
Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:13 am
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] COAX on CRANKUP-how to hang
To: kr2q@optimum.net, towertalk@contesting.com
> My experience is quite different.
>
> With either standoffs or a single support at the top,
> lowering the tower when there was much wind would
> frequently push the slack coax into the tower sections,
> requiring a stop and either wait or raise a little and
> try again.
>
> I finally supported the coax bundle only at the top,
> and added two rope lines so I could pull the coax away
> from the tower during lowering.
> And I then ran the rope thru pulleys on the adjacent
> house and use them to hang the coax so it's not on
> the ground.
>
> I also found the remote control unit a complete waste of
> money, as I always want to be at the base of the tower
> to pull the coax away and observe what happens.
>
> Barry, EI/W5GN
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of kr2q@optimum.net
> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 6:39 AM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] COAX on CRANKUP-how to hang
>
> 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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