In a message dated 12/25/02 10:10:58 AM Pacific Standard Time,
W1GOR@Maine.RR.Com writes:
> I have an opportunity to buy a 20-year-old Tri-Ex LM-470D, a 70 foot
> telescoping tower. The present owner replaced the cables about a year
> ago... He did NOT use OEM cables; rather, he made the replacement cables
> himself. From the information that I've read on this reflector, it sounds
> like a disaster-in-the-making.
Not really. As long as there are good clamps or swages at the
terminations, it should be FB. Why do you think it's a "ditm"? The only red
flag to me would be if he used totally wrong (i.e. plastic coated or
wrong-sized) cables. For the most part, a cable's just a cable.
> If I decide to buy his tower, I'd also have
> to buy a new set of OEM cables, a new base to be embedded in concrete, and
> possible a new rotor plate if the present one does not fit my rotor.
Why would you have to buy new cables?
You drill out the existing rotator plate. You must have a Yaesu?
>
> There are several tower-people nearby that are able to give it a thorough
> inspection. Assuming a tower in safe, servicable condition, and
considering
> the age of the tower and the additional hardware to be purchased, how much
> might it be worth at this time?
Whatever you're willing to pay for it. Several hundred?
Cheers,
Steve K7LXC
TOWER TECH -
Professional tower services for commercial and amateur
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