[TowerTalk] US Tower Remote Kit (need a solution)

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist]

On 2/19/2013 9:14 AM, K7LXC at aol.com wrote:

>      Actually IMO you're better off. In my book, UP THE  TOWER, in the
> chapter on crank-ups, my advice is to always be watching the tower  as it's
> moving because if you're not - you can have a calamity. So the safest  way to
> raise and lower the tower is to be at the bottom of the tower and be  ready to
> shut things down in case something happens. And it does happen.
>
>      Retro-fitting anything to a UST can be  problematic.

Exactly right.

I have the UST remote for my tower and just use it to watch from 20 feet 
away so I am not standing under the antenna.  In your case, just wire a 
3 conductor cable in parallel with the SPDT up/down switch
and run that to a toggle switch in a box.  Compared to this poor
man's remote, the "official" remote doesn't bring much to the party
except remote limit switch indicators.

Rick N6RK