[TowerTalk] HDX 555 Motor Drive BEaring

[Phil Snyder]

I don't think he was necessarily commenting on my using a remote, which 
I wasn't ( I can practically stick my hand out the shack window and run 
the tower). I think it was a general statement about using the remote.

Phil

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On 7/4/2019 10:05 PM, Kent Olsen wrote:
> Rick
>
> What leads you to believe that he was using a remote to crank the tower up
> and down?
>
> 73
> Kent
> N6WT
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 3:07 PM Richard (Rick) Karlquist <
> richard at karlquist.com> wrote:
>
>> Yet another example of why you should never use
>> the remote control box to control these units
>> from a distance.
>>
>> Rick N6RK
>>
>>
>> On 7/4/2019 2:08 PM, Phil Snyder wrote:
>>> Hi All
>>>
>>> Went out this morning to crank up the tower to see if I could hear any
>>> of the EU on 6 meters. as soon as it started up I heard a couple
>>> cracking noises. I stopped and tweaked it up and down a little and
>>> discovered that the flange bearing on the back side of the multi wrap
>>> sheave failed.
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