[TowerTalk] Cable on winch drum

[Dick's]

Yes, that is correct. If you have enough cable, I’d feel more comfortable, though, with 3 wraps. Make very sure that the end is secure and clamped down.

Also, pay close attention to the location on the tower where the cable attaches. When I raised my used tower for the first time, I hadn’t. It turns out there were 2 positions I could attach it to; one of them was wrong.

Dick, K0CAT

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> On Apr 15, 2019, at 10:23 PM, Ron Young W8RJL via TowerTalk <towertalk at contesting.com> wrote:
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> Somewhere I read that there should be a minimum of 2 layers of steel cable on a hand winch drum before the winch starts to pick up the load. Can any one confirm. I will be raising a US Tower MA40 mast from horizontal to vertical. Thanks & 73 Ron W8RJL
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