I'm going to remote mine but not unviewed. I'll have an x10 video camera to
keep an eye on it. I have a hand control now with about 5ft of cord and when
I look up 75ft I tend to fall over backwards especially if there are clouds
moving(lucky to have relocated to NC not many clouds, Carolina blue sky).
Tough getting old.
Happy holidays
Larry WA2SRY
----- Original Message -----
From: <mcduffie@actcom.net>
To: "Barrie Smith" <barrie@centric.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 12:57 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] HG-70HD
>
> On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 20:04:50 -0700, Barrie Smith wrote:
>
> > Which brings up the remote control. I'd like to be able to control the
> > raising and lowering from within the shack, but having very little
> > experience with either crank-up towers, or remote-control devices, I'm
at a
> > loss.
>
> I wouldn't trust it to do that. Without positive pulldown, you need to
> be there to monitor it when it comes down, to be sure the winch isn't
> getting ahead of the tower if there is a slight bind in a breeze. Very
> dangerous.
>
> gm
>
> ag0n at arrl dot net
> http colon slash slash mcduffie dot ws
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