[TowerTalk] MA-550 cables maintenance

[Jorge Diez - CX6VM]

Thanks Steve


I saw the Prelube 6 Cable Lubricant spray. Can you ship it outside USA?.
Some of this are prohibited by air companies.


73,

Jorge

 

 

De: K7LXC at aol.com [mailto:K7LXC at aol.com] 
Enviado el: sábado, 01 de febrero de 2014 04:23 p.m.
Para: towertalk at contesting.com; cx6vm.jorge at gmail.com
Asunto: Re: [TowerTalk] MA-550 cables maintenance

 

>  I got a used MA-550 tower, first owner bought it in 2007.

the cables to rise up and down and to lay it are very dry and a bit oxidize
in some places, also the pulleys.

 

>  May I put a mechanical oil or fat on it or is not necessary?

 

        No - do not use either of those. What you want is a thin kind of
lubricant so that it wicks into the strands. If you use anything else,
either the coating attracts contaminants or traps water inside the strands -
both of which are bad for the cables.

 

        Champion Radio Products carries the PreLube which is recommended by
wire rope manufacturers. championradio.com 

 

Cheers,

Steve     K7LXC

TOWER TECH 

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Champion Radio Products