Mike, I I disagree with a previous assessment of this tower.
principally " gravity-no pull down"
Picture self trying to lower the tower durin g a strong wind. (
you may not have been home before the wind started) without pull
down the tower can (will) get hung up on it self
and hang there until the wind lets up & hopefully you haven't
continued to let out cable
while waiting for the wind to stop. That's when to tower drops
vertically....
I will never ever have another tower without the pull down
feature.
................Bill / w2ay
************************************************************************************----- Original Message -----From: "Mike Reublin NF4L" <nf4l@comcast.net>To: "Edward" <navydude1962@yahoo.com>Cc: "towertalk
reflector" <towertalk@contesting.com>Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 11:32 AMSubject: Re: [TowerTalk] More crank-up questions> Thanks Ed.>> Mike NF4L> On Nov 30, 2013, at 11:13 AM, Edward <navydude1962@yahoo.com>
wrote:>>> It's a good tower. No limit switch. Gravity not positive pull down.Cure for 30 days and don't ground your rebar.>>>> For antenna mounts fabricate a cross arm and mount above second section.Works great.>>>> Good
luck. Great tower. Have had mine for many years.>>>> Ed NI6S>>>> Sent from my iPhone>>>>> On Nov 30, 2013, at 18:38, Mike Reublin NF4L <nf4l@comcast.net> wrote:>>>>>> I plan to put up a
motorized HG-70 HD, with a 4 element SteppIR and a 7element M2 6M beam.>>>>>> Hy-Gain says 1 week for foundation curing, UST says 4 weeks. What'srealistic?
>>>>>> My current guyed tower has a side-mounted G-7 and a couple of vhfverticals. How best to mount those on the crank-up? I was thinking ofhanging the G-7 upside
down.>>>>>> Does this tower have latches, or is the weight on the cables whenextended?>>>>>> What about limit switches or
stops?>>>>>> I'd like to carry over my 80 and 160M 1/4 wave slopers. Is that too muchstress? What about ground continuity top to bottom?>>>>>> Does the
concrete/rebar cage make a Ufer ground? Do I need ground rodsin addition?>>>>>> 73, Mike NF4L
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