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[TowerTalk] Hazer cable failure

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Hazer cable failure
From: [email protected] (Stan Griffiths)
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 15:03:09 -0800 (PST)
I guess this tells you how much I know about Hazers . . . nothing.

Stan  [email protected]


>OM STAN,  MY HAZER HAS A SAFETY CATCH THAT IT RESTS ON TO PREVENT SUCH SHOULD
>THE CABLE BREAK.  I DID  HAVE MY SLACK COAX AT TOP ALMOST LOOP OVER THE TOWER,
>WHICH WUD HAVE PREVENTED LOWERING.  SOMEONE USED TO MAKE AN ACCY. ARM TO HOLD
>ROTATING COAX LOOP OUT TO ONE SIDE, TO PREVENT SUCH.
>    73, DOUG - NX4D
>
>Stan Griffiths wrote:
>
>> A couple of recent posts caused me to have an aweful nightmare.  I
>> envisioned myself halfway up a tower with a Hazer on it at the top.  Rotator
>> failure prevented rotating the beam so the Hazer could be lowered.
>> Suddenly, the Hazer cable lets go . . .
>>
>> So far, I haven't heard of this happening, but the thought of it is enough
>> to keep me off a tower with a Hazer on it that is cranked up.
>>
>> Stan  [email protected]
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