[TowerTalk] EMERGENCY US Tower cable broken

[D. Rodman, MD]

Have MDPL589 tower about 13 yrs old.  Nice day today.  Cranked down to
relace bad coax on Inv Vee.  Job done, motored up.  Went about 10 ft,
horrible noise, snapped cable.  Turned motor off.  Lucky done in local
mode, not remote.  Otherwise would not have heard breakage.  Inspection:
cable attached to bottom of third section broken about 18-20 higher near
pulley of next section.  No other damage.  Left tower.  Did not climb.
Left message on US Tower answer machine (Saturday).  Just don't know how
much of a hazard this is right now?  Should it be braced?  Certainly don't
want to lose arms, feet or life doing climb.  Suggestions please.

David J. Rodman, MD 

Assistant Clinical Professor 
Department of Ophthalmology 

Research Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry

State University of New York at Buffalo

FAX 716-859-4565 
Office 716-854-1137

e-mail: rodman@acsu.buffalo.edu


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