> 1. U.S.Towers indicated that the contact between the sections is probably
> not good enough
> to use the tower as a vertical (or as part of a half-sloper). How do
> people overcome this?
>
[Steve Katz] I've run a heavy-gauge braided conductor inside the
tower, from the top to the bottom, to parallel the tower. The only risk in
doing so is that when bringing the tower down on a windy day, it's possible
that the braided conductor gets pinched in webbing, which can damage the
braid or stop the tower from retracting, or both; but since I watch the
tower while it's going up or down, that hasn't happened yet. And the
braid's so heavy that gravity alone makes it fall pretty much in a straight
line, down inside the tower. (I think I used 1" diameter copper cable, it
weighs quite a lot.)
> 2. They recommend the coax stand-off arms for getting cables to the top.
> I
> do not see these
> stand-off arms in most photos of crankups. Does everyone use them?
>
[Steve Katz] I think most people do. I do, almost always, except
for very temporary setups.
> What
> are other ways
> of getting various cables to the top such that there is not a problem when
> cranking down the
> tower?
>
[Steve Katz] The standoff arms are a good and inexpensive solution.
Why not just use them? -WB2WIK/6
> Regards,
>
> Bill
> W2WO
>
>
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