[TowerTalk] Recabling info needed for US Tower HDX-589

[Bill Erickson]

Hi Chris:

There was some superficial rust on one spot of a cable. This spot was on
the top of a pulley where the cable spent most of its time when up.
HOWEVER, this is not the spot where the cable broke.  The place where the
cable broke looks perfect, even the inner strands.

73,

Bill
N6MXU
On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 2:16 PM, EZ <EZRhino at fastmovers.biz> wrote:

> Don't mean to lead the topic astray, but were there any signs of cable wear
> before the accident?  Maybe the rest of us can prevent a future mess...
>
> Chris
> KF7P
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Erickson" <ericksonw at gmail.com>
> To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 2:04 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Recabling info needed for US Tower HDX-589
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> >I have had the misfortune of a cable breaking on my US Tower HDX-589. The
> > fall from 89 feet to 23 feet didn't hurt it, but the stop at the bottom
> > was
> > a killer! I am in the process of fabricating 5 new pulley brackets and
> > replacing some of the 2 inch by 1 inch "U" channels that were bent or
> > whose
> > welds to the upright tubes were broken.  No problem there. I have been
> > unable to get any help whatsoever from US Tower. My cables were damaged
> in
> > the fall/stop so I do not want to trust measurements on them to have new
> > cables made. Does any one have the dimensions of the various cables, and
> a
> > cable routing diagram for this tower? Any help would be greatly
> > appreciated. I have already missed 2 "Must Have" DxPeditions. Thanks and
> > 73,   Bill    N6MXU
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