[TowerTalk] COAX on CRANKUP-how to hang

[Djordan (personal)]

Stand-offs are a high prices accessory...great profit margin!  Like you have had crank-ups for decades. Never had an issue with rotor cables or coax... Subjective opinion of one....YMMV.

73,
Dave
Wa3gin

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> On Oct 30, 2013, at 7:39 AM, kr2q at optimum.net wrote:
> 
> I have owned crank-up towers for close to 40 years...in multiple locations and using
> multiple types of crankup towers (Heights, Hy-Gain, US Tower).  I still own 2 crank-ups.
> 
> In all cases, I just let the coax and rotor cable "hang down" right along side of the tower.
> 
> I never used standoffs or coax arms.  Not sure why they are necessary.
> 
> Nothing ever got tangled or "hung up" in the tower.  I think that would be really difficult to do.
> I mean, why would coax (eg, RG8 type) want to or be able to "decide" to bend and enter into
> the tower lattice?  It is already handing from the very top to the very bottom.  For me, it would
> take an extraordinary act of nature to "convince" the coax to defy gravity, bend into a small
> loop, and "enter" the tower lattice.
> 
> de Doug KR2Q
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