What a shame. Do you attribute the failure to the cable being pulled to
tight by the motor?
AA7NX@aol.com wrote:
> I got it to where I thought it was all the way up, as it began to load
> the motor. My friend started to see if it had
> any more "up" left in it, moved the switch to the "up" position, the tower
> began to go up a bit more, then stopped. He let go of the switch at exactly
> the same time that there was a metallic "ping" and the whole thing just went
> zipping back down, nesting itself.
> 73,
> Mike K7NT (ex AA7NX)
>
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