[TowerTalk] Crank up tower bracing rubbing against cable

[Alan Swinger]

Had a similar problem and asked US Tower to investigate and fix . . . sent them numerous photos of the rubbing places from various angles. Ultimately made a deal so that one of their road techs who was in the area to replace cables and pulleys on other towers, including mine, bent various cross-members until the rubbing was resloved. This was at no cost to me.
Best - Alan K9MBQ


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>From: SPWoo <jj_2_woo at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Oct 18, 2012 12:49 PM
>To: "towertalk at contesting.com" <towertalk at contesting.com>: [TowerTalk] Crank up tower bracing rubbing against cable
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>Hi All,
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>I've discovered that my less than a year old TX-472 tower has three places where the steel cable is rubbing against the tower.  Attached below is a link to some photos of the problem.  In one spot the interference has worn away a lot of metal and it caused some cable wear.  I was wondering if anyone has experienced this and what I could do to remedy it.  I've sent the photos to US Tower and I'm still waiting for their response.  I crank my tower down every day and sometimes under light wind condition.  I don't know if wind has anything to do with it.  Thank you and very 73.
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>http://www.flickr.com/photos/26071865@N02/
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>Best Regards,
>Jonathan Woo, W6GX
>(970) 646-1711
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