[TowerTalk] U S Tower Documentation

[Bernard]

    Wayne: My tower came directly from the company without any stops in between.  The driver had a goose neck trailer hooked to a heavy duty, dual wheel pickup truck.  He also had a farm tractor on the trailer.  He told me to be careful of the limit switches.  A couple of us inspected the tower and could find no damage.  I think that the key was no fork lift drivers in between delivery stops!!!

    By any chance do you remember the NC/ NO positions for each of the switches?  If so, I would like to get them and record them for possible future use.

    I would like to check the operation of the motor/ limit switches before installing the antenna and cables.  Is there an easy way to do this.  With the tower vertical, horizontal, etc??????

    Maybe I have received all the documentation that U S Towers normally sends with a new tower?  In any case, I am still going to contact Gary next week and talk to him about it.  I really expected a more complete documentation package for a purchase of over $10,000.

    Thanks for your comments!!!

            Bernard, WA4OEJ
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Wayne Kline 
  To: Bernard ; towerTalk 
  Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 11:11 PM
  Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] U S Tower Documentation


  I have installed a number of US towers both MA and TM series. There Documentation leaves much to be desired. One install the shipper had damaged the crate and upon inspection the limit switch wires were  totally riped from the tower at the limit switches and the top limit trip arm was broken. Getting the replacement parts was no problem. But trying to get them to divulge the color code and to answer a simple question " the  top limit switch in the nested position, is it  NC or NO ?"   was like pulling chicken teeth. I never did get a answer, and I rung the control box/limit switch wiring on the owners dime :(   UMMV
   
  Wayne W3EA.  





------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  > From: wtrone at comcast.net
  > To: towertalk at contesting.com
  > Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:21:21 -0500
  > Subject: [TowerTalk] U S Tower Documentation
  > 
  > I am in the process of installing a U. S. Tower motorized MA-850 with the rotor base. I am wondering what others who ordered motorized U. S. Towers received for documentation. I did not receive an information package when the tower arrived so I have called U. S. Tower, several times, asking for various documentation, Each time, they seemed very helpful, but the documentation that I subsequently received was very skimpy. I expected a more complete documentation package on the tower and some sort of instruction manual describing the assembly and operation of the motor unit and remote control
  > 
  > What have the rest of you received?
  > 
  > 73s
  > 
  > Bernard, WA4OEJ
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (5.5.1.322)
  > Database version: 5..10480e
  > http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor/
  > _______________________________________________
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > _______________________________________________
  > TowerTalk mailing list
  > TowerTalk at contesting.com
  > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk



------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  See what people are saying about Windows Live. Check out featured posts. Check It Out!



  E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (5.5.1.322)
  Database version: 5.10490e
  http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/




E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (5.5.1.322)
Database version: 5.10490e
http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor/