[TowerTalk] GOOD DEAL ON A MY-TE WINCH IN ILLINOIS

[K7LXC at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/21/2006 10:41:35 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:

>  The winch that is being sold on eBay would work beautifully  on raising 
tower 
sections and antennas.  It allows multiturns of rope  and the operator can 
let it slip to control the rate of "raise".  It  is really a capstan winch 
with the winding barrel in the horizontal  orientation.  I wish I could 
afford it.



Au contraire, it's  clearly a conventional winch. A capstan winch has an open 
end (the end just  sticks out) so you can slew the rope on and off the 
capstan easily and the  capstan is tapered to prevent the rope from bunching up and 
jamming at one end.  The aforementioned winch has neither. 
 
Cheers,
Steve    K7LXC
TOWER TECH