[TowerTalk] US Tower: Broken cable, resolution?

[Barry Kutner]

Isn't this the same company that gives antenna square footage 
ratings at 50 mph? How bogus/deceptive is this? Nowhere in the 
US is there a 50 mph wind zone. I'm suprised ARRL let's them get 
away with it, considering how tough they are on gain specs for 
antennas.
73 Barry

On 28 Mar 00, K3AIR@aol.com wrote:

> 
> This is one of the reasons I will no longer do any business with US Tower.
> When I moved from W6 back home to W3, I brought my MA550 (purchased in
> CA) with me.  When I needed a diagram and/or a little advice to get it
> back up, they (of course) were no help whatsoever and refused to provide
> any clues.  The answer I got was "we don't provide any diagrams or 
> instructions."
> That "liability" argument is getting old.  Surely there is some smart 
> "attorney"
> who can get around that one, if it really is a valid concern.
> There are no professional tower installers in my area, and it is cost 
> prohibitive
> for me to "import" one.  I now have a useless pile of MA550 parts in my 
> garage.
> Never again will I even think of US Tower when I'm in the market for an 
> antenna
> support structure.
> 
> 73, Mike K3AIR
> 
> 
> In a message dated 3/28/00 7:07:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> rodman@acsu.buffalo.edu writes:
> 
> << 
>  US Tower is difficult to contact when you need them the most and the
>  information is sketchy.  They do not want hams to do this job for
>  liability reasons.  If they are going to sell kits, they need to provide a
>  list of lengths and clear labels on what is used.  At this point, I have
>  no idea what I have done to this system.  I had no choice, it was
>  precariously perched.  Had the secondary cable holding the tower up failed
>  too, it would have crashed an X9 into a bedroom.  Not a good thing to
>  explain to the judge when you are splitting up assets 50/50.  Good luck to
>  all who will face this task!
>   >>
> 
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