I've had four rotating towers...never an issue.
I can speak to K4JA's tower failure. I visited his station in the early 2000s
and had a chance to check out the tower installation. I was amazed at how
loose the guy wires were. They were no where near tensioned what a standard
tower would be. I asked about this and was told there were rotation issues if
the guys were tensioned up to the usual specs. The tower rotation system was
(I think) by K4JA's brother and was not a K0XG design. The tower was an
accident waiting to happen whether it was a rotating tower or fixed. The guys
were way to sloppy for my taste.
Bill KH7XS/K4XS
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