[TowerTalk] EMERGENCY US Tower cable broken

[AA6DX]

I used to wedge short 2X4's in several locations in such an instance ... 73,
Mark .. AA6DX
----- Original Message -----
From: "D. Rodman, MD" <rodman@acsu.buffalo.edu>
To: "towertalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 10:35 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] EMERGENCY US Tower cable broken


>
> 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



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