[TowerTalk] Cable management on crankup towers

[Lou Laderman]

My solution was to have a single stand-off arm at the top of the tower. The coax is securely fastened to it, and hangs straight down. I coil the cable as it comes down on a convenient support at the base, and uncoil it before I run the tower up. I secure the cables near the base using a bungee cord, and that keeps them from "flopping" around. My tower is not remote controlled, but I wouldn't suggest operating it remotely in any event. Too many bad things can go wrong if you can't see (and hear) what the tower is doing as it moves up and down.  

73,

Lou, W0FK 

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>Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:02:43 -0800 (PST)
>From: Gary Slagel <gdslagel at yahoo.com>
>Subject: [TowerTalk] Cable management on crankup towers
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>Hi guys,
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>I'm in the process of getting my Triex crankup tower up.? I need to come up with a good way to manage the 2 coax cables and 1 rotor cable coming down the outside of the tower.? Of course, with the crankup I've only got a few inches at the top of each section to mount some kind of a cable guide.
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>Just wondered if anyone had a simple solution.
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>Thanks,
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>Gary Slagel/N0SXX
>Hot Springs, SD
>http://marina.fortunecity.com/sanpedro/351
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