[TowerTalk] Crank up tower bracing rubbing against cable

[Jim Thomson]

Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:49:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: SPWoo <jj_2_woo at yahoo.com>
To: "towertalk at contesting.com" <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] Crank up tower bracing rubbing against cable

Hi All,

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.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26071865@N02/
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Best Regards,
Jonathan Woo, W6GX
(970) 646-1711

##  The big question is....... how did any of this get past their.......” quality control” ??      The braces could EASILY have been checked,  on a  section by section basis,
well before they assembled the sections inside of each other !     And after the sections had been assembled, and cables strung, it should have been re-checked again, before
shipping.     Don’t they extend it to full height and back down at least 1-3 times  before deeming it fit to sell ?    I’d be just pissed.

Jim  VE7RF