Hi Guys!
I'm a new TX-455 tower owner, it's sitting on the footing waiting for the 28
day concrete cure to be finished.
Just recently, U S Tower updated their website and in the Ham products section
have placed a note saying that their towers (including the ever popular TX-455)
are not rated for ice and that these towers must be fully retracted during ice
storms.
I realize that the weight of the tower greatly increases with a thick coating
of ice so the cable holding it up a seeing a far far greater load than normal.
When I bought the tower, I had assumed this was engineered into the design but
now it seems not. Here in the Poconos of PA, we have lots of nasty ice storms
so this means I am perpetually going to put this tower up and down. I guess I
can do this but it wasn't in my plans and I am going to want to motorize this
puppy in some fashion if I have to do it often.
So (finally) my question: Are there any instances of TX-455 failure due to ice
loading? Any other comments on this issue are most welcome.
73 and good DX!
Steve...
K4IKM@ptd.net
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