[TowerTalk] US TowerHDX-555

[K4SAV]

 From your "loose cable on the reel" comment I'm assuming you don't have 
the positive pull-down configuration.

After you crank the tower "up" 4 ft, while the tower is horizontal, it 
won't crank by down because it is dependent upon gravity to do that, and 
you won't be able to push it back in by hand either, without first 
cranking it back down with the winch.  The cranking up process winds 
more cable onto the winch, and that cable must be let back out before 
the top will come down.  The only way to push this back in by hand, 
without first cranking the winch, would be for the pulley to become 
detached from the tower or the cable broke.

Jerry, K4SAV

Junior wrote:

>Hello All,
>
>I just completed putting the rotator on the tower.
>
>The tower is in a horizontal position and I cranked the inner tower out
>approx 4ft for easy access to install the rotator per the instructions.
>
> 
>
>When I go to crank (retract) the 4ft all I get is loose cable off the crank
>reel. I can push the 4ft back into the tower just fine
>
>and it tightens up the loose cable. 
>
>( Tower cranks out(up) just fine).
>
> 
>
>My question is if I crank the tower all the way up(with antenna mounted)
>once I get it into the vertical position and I go to crank
>
>it back down am I going to get loose cable and the tower starts to
>"freefall" back down?
>
> 
>
>The instructions indicate you should be able to retract (the 4ft) tower
>without cranking it to 55ft first then crank backdown.
>
>But it appears that comment is if the tower was already in the vertical
>position and you mounted the rotator with it in the vertical position.
>Nothing in the instructions on trouble shooting to much.
>
>Is it a gravity thing when you start cranking(retracting) the tower to it's
>nested position.
>
>US Tower is closed today.
>
>I would appreciate it if you could reply direct also. For some reason I
>don't get all the list posted messages on the various list servers.
>
>Thanks
>
>Charles 
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