[TowerTalk] Question for crank owners

[Rob Atkinson, K5UJ]

Got a question for crank-up owners:

Do you crank up your towers only when you are operating, i.e. 95% of the 
time they are nested and only go up when you turn on the rig and start 
looking for a qso, or....

Do you mostly leave them cranked all the way up and only nest them when 
leaving town for a few days, or when wx threatens such as high winds and/or 
lightning?

I'm trying to get an idea of what these things are built to do:  Lots of 
cranking up and down, or extension and retraction only meant to be done once 
in a while.

Oh yeah one other thing for you guys in the North:   Do you have to do 
anything special to operate them in the winter--do they need any TLC with 
snow and ice or low temp.?

tnx,

rob / k5uj

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