[TowerTalk] Crankup Tower Maintainance

[w2lk at bk-lk.com]

I believe the ends of the cable are bolted to that cylinder so they
can't slip.

Les W2LK
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Crankup Tower Maintainance
From: "Rick Karlquist" <richard at karlquist.com>
Date: Mon, May 03, 2010 12:59 pm
To: "Don Tucker" <w7wll at arrl.net>
Cc: Towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>

Don Tucker wrote:
>
> As to the cable 'slipping' from the pulleys, I have a hard time imagining
> this if the pulley's are of the proper size for the cable. Vertical
> forces,
> up or down, should keep the cable nested in a proper pulley size. Not
> using
> a lube because the cable might slip off just does not make sense.

Agreed. Maybe they meant to say it would slip on the drive
cylinder at the bottom of the tower. However, given the number
of turns on the drive cylinder, even this seems unlikely.

Rick N6RK

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