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[K7LXC at aol.com]

>   I plan to go over the tower, replace cable,  hardware, and other 
questionable pieces 
 
Howdy --
 
    You picked a good place to get good tower info. If  you don't have my 
UP THE TOWER tower construction book, it has lots of answers  in it. 
Available from championradio.com. 
 
    As far as replacing crank-up cables, in my  25 years or so of tower 
work, I've only run into one tower that  actually needed to have the cables 
replaced so yours may not need it.
 
    The 3 reasons why you would want to replace the  cables are 1) damage - 
flattened or kinked cable; 2) excessive rust - cancerous  rust, not your 
typical surface rust; and 3) excessive broken strands - 6 or  more. If you 
don't have any of these conditions, I wouldn't go to all the work  of replacing 
the cables. 
 
Cheers & GL,
Steve     K7LXC
TOWER TECH
and 
Champion Radio Products