[TowerTalk] Glen Martin Voyager Hazer

[Richard M. Gillingham]

Around here, they're called hurricanes..

Saved my butt this year.

73
Gil, W1RG
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <K7LXC at aol.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>; <kc4pe at bellsouth.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Glen Martin Voyager Hazer


>
> In a message dated 12/22/2005 9:04:19 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:
>
>>  Glen Martin informed me today that they no longer offer the
> antenna raising hazer for the 45G tower.....
>
>>  was called  the "Voyager Hazer"
>
>
>> The Voyager Hazer is a tower accessory  designed to elevate antennas up 
>> and
> down the outside of a tower. A separate  set of aluminum track is bolted 
> to
> the face of the tower. Four sets of bronze  bearing rollers make contact 
> with
> the track, and a cage with antenna &  rotor on a continious pull cable 
> rides up
> and down the tower.....
>
>>  Does anyone have one they are not using..or is there a  better
> "Mouse Trap" for getting the antenna up and down a HD 45-55G  tower..??
>
>
>
> "Mouse trap" is right -  more like "Mickey Mouse". IMO the Hazer is an
> apparatus that appears to be  really helpful but can be potentially 
> dangerous. At no
> time should you  disconnect the guy wires on a standing tower!
>
>        Why do you need to run  antennas up and down the tower? If
> everything's properly installed, you  shouldn't have to work on anything 
> for YEARS!
>
> Cheers,
> Steve    K7LXC
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