[TowerTalk] COAX on CRANKUP-how to hang

[Steve Dyer]

KF7P makes very nice stand-offs and not too pricey -- especially 
compared to the price of the tower, coax, control cables, etc.. 
www.kf7p.com. I have no pecuniary interest. Just a happy customer.
73,
Steve
W1SRD

> 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.
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> 73,
> Dave
> Wa3gin
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> Be Prepared Stay Prepared
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>> On Oct 30, 2013, at 7:39 AM, kr2q at optimum.net wrote:
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>> 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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