[TowerTalk] US Tower tubular crankups

[Tom Carrubba KA2D]

Kent

My advice is to replace the cable. It is an easy job on the
MA40.

I had a cable break. It bent the boom on the antenna..

Tom KA2D

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent Hager (KK1H)" <kahager@gis.net>
To: "Tower Talk Users" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 7:47 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] US Tower tubular crankups


> Attn Tower Talk Users,
> Considering the purchase of a used 7 yr old US Tower MA40
Tubular style
> crankup and have been told by the company that the cables
need to be
> replaced approx every 3 years depending on the climate by
a professional
> installer.  Has any user of this type of tower had to
replace the cables on
> their tower and if so what was the expense?  Is 3 years
the approx life span
> for cables on a crankups generally speaking or can you
expect to get more
> life out of them.  I suppose the company is playing it
safe(liability wise)
> when  making this recomendation.
> Thanks for you opinions.....73 Kent   KK1H
>
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