[TowerTalk] HDX 555 Motor Drive BEaring

[Mac]

Rick i feel and have experienced the same i think as you have 
expressed.  remote for me is just too risky, up or down..  i got so much 
crap passing thru several loops and then getting it on the ground in 
some sort of organized heap is its own problem as well..

That all said, im the guy who is always late getting it lowered and damn 
that typically brings some excitement with it and the static build up on 
my elements when that drains off..  But even then i will not be a remote 
guy, my best effort is i have made up a hand held pendant up / down 
controller with a 100' cable, so i can roam around and check from 
various positions and sight lines.

Also in my case the i really like seeing the limit switches and the 
traveling actuator moving toward or away from the actuator or limit 
switch [HDX-589 model] so overall im trying to say for me and my 
situation and safety, ill still go out in the rain, gusty winds and take 
care of business.

And let me add,  at the outset i never gave much thought to the PULL 
DOWN feature, but the way and how my location is set up here, i truly 
have seen times when the "up lift" was such a force it took the 
mechanical effort to bring the tower down, usually of short duration, 
but it does occur in gusty winds.

Best 73:  mac/mc  w5mc

On 7/5/2019 9:55 AM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
> Someone once said, "communication is always
> subobtimal" :-)
>
> Just to clarify, I was trying to say that Phil did
> the CORRECT thing (IE not using the remote) vs
> the "what if" aspect in case he had been using a remote.
> My bad.  I hope that everything is now clear.
>
> Rick N6RK
>
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