[TowerTalk] The Moment of Truth

[Frank T. Brady]

Regarding crank-ups, I might add what I've learned here - if you're going to
crank that baby down every time you quit, two things are going to happen:

 1) you're not going to be a happy ham
 2) you're going to have to accelerate your maintenance schedule

I don't think I would buy a crank-up that wasn't TOTALLY safe in the most
common position at which I chose to use it.  The reason for a crank-up
should be the convenience of working on the antenna with less psychological
and physical stress - NOT to adjust it to the weather.  Sooner or later the
weather will sneak in behind your defenses.

73,
 Frank - W0ECS

>Dick,
>Amend your conclusion in one respect and you will be there:  
>
>If you're going to own a crankup, it's got to come down
>when the operator turns off the radio.
>
>period.
>
>end of message.
>
>73,
>
>
>Dale Martin, KG5U
>kg5u@hal-pc.org
>http://www.hal-pc.org/~kg5u


--
FAQ on WWW:               http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html
Submissions:              towertalk@contesting.com
Administrative requests:  towertalk-REQUEST@contesting.com
Problems:                 owner-towertalk@contesting.com
Search:			  http://www.contesting.com/km9p/search.htm