[TowerTalk] HG-70HD
Eugene Jensen
eugenej@optonline.net
Sun, 25 Nov 2001 21:37:47 -0500
I stand corected as there a small coment in the catalog that states there
was an electric winch option. What might show the setup was a commercial
catalog of the era that this tower was built. The small tower I think with
the options I brought was $1300.00 in 1983. The bottom of my tower has Telex
welded into the bottom plate. But I'm holding the Truck shipping Invoice and
it came from US TOWER. Because it the truck slip there no price. In all
these years I never gave it one thought about who built it but
Telex/hy-gain. Was the two companys connected back then??
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul McInnish - K4BET" <k4bet@bellsouth.net>
To: "Eugene Jensen" <eugenej@optonline.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] HG-70HD
> Gene... you are 100% wrong! The HG-70HD DID have a winch option! I have
> one! It was not a poplar item as it was very expensive as was the
> erection/tilt-over fixture. It appeared to be the same winch, plate, etc.
> that US Tower had available for their similar series of towers during the
> same era.
>
> Just because it is not in the particular catalog you happen to have does
not
> mean it was not available. Sorry If I seem to be coming on strong... It
> bothers me when people make a matter of fact statement when they do not
> know... for sure. Your statement may cause someone monitoring the
reflector
> to assume the one they had was not the Hy-Gain winch or something to the
> effect.
>
> Paul - K4BET
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eugene Jensen" <eugenej@optonline.net>
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Cc: "Dale L Martin" <kg5u@hal-pc.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 9:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] HG-70HD
>
>
>
> The cheeper hand crankup winches quickly start to die if you use them to
> often (eat the cheep gears up) I lost 3 of them in 18 years on my small
> hy-gain HG-37SS all in for the same reason and bigger ones lastest just a
> little longer was all. This time I brought a wormgear oilbath type and had
a
> adaptor machine to replace the hand crank and now use my Holeshooter I/2
> Inch drill to run it up and down. It works like a charm. You get what you
> pay for. Because the drill turns so slow you can feel a bind right now
that
> brings me to my main piont. Any tower that was not designed at the factory
> for a motorized winch and remote control and one install a motorized winch
> is asking for whole lot of trouble. And the HG-70HD never had a motorized
> winch for a option. Information right out of the 1987-88 Catalog. At best
> you could safely use my setup because they both are turning so SLOWWWWWWWW
> leaveing you with total contol over it going up and down. I'm just looking
> at it as a safety issue. 73's Gene K2QWD
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dale L Martin" <kg5u@hal-pc.org>
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 10:17 PM
> Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] HG-70HD
>
>
> >
> >
> > While I don't have a crankup tower, I belong to a club which had a W-51.
> >
> > After a time, it was too much trouble to lower the tower after any
> > on-the-air ops at the club station.
> >
> > One night, a thunderstorm with a little wind microburst caused the tower
> > midsection to buckle bringing down the 2m vertical, 6-element 10m beam
and
> > KT34A. We were very fortunate that the tower section failed on the side
> > that it did. Had it gone in either of two other directions, building
> damage
> > would have been sustained. As it was, the vertical and mast were driven
a
> > couple of feet into an open grassy area.
> >
> > Had we had a motorized winch on the tower, I'm certain the operator(s)
> would
> > have taken the time and effort to lower it prior to leaving the club
> > station. As it was, it was left up.
> >
> > It seems to me that if a tower cannot be cranked up and down at least on
a
> > few times on a weekly basis, then maybe one should consider another
tower
> > manufacturer.
> >
> > 73,
> > dale, kg5u
> >
> > >
> > > The comment about not raising and lowering too often hits me. I
> > > had always
> > > thought that the crank-uo (and tiltover) tower was such so that
> > > it could be
> > > done at will. I even read that one person cranked up at dusk and
> > > down when
> > > finished!
> > >
> > > To me why spend all that extra money and be not able to use the
feature?
> > >
> > > Chris opr Ve7HCB
> > >
> > > At 12:38 PM 2001-11-22 -0500, K2we@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> >
> > > >My LM-470D has been up for over 25 years. The secret is to limit
> > > the amount
> > > >of raising & lowering. It puts tremendous force on the cables.
> >
> >
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