[TowerTalk] Rotating tower failures

[cqtestk4xs at aol.com]

I've had four rotating towers...never an issue.
I can speak to K4JA's tower failure.  I visited his station in the early 2000s and had a chance to check out the tower installation.  I was amazed at how loose the guy wires were.  They were no where near tensioned what a standard tower would be.  I asked about this and was told there were rotation issues if the guys were tensioned up to the usual specs.  The tower rotation system was (I think) by K4JA's brother and was not a K0XG design.  The tower was an accident waiting to happen whether it was a rotating tower or fixed. The guys were way to sloppy for my taste.
Bill KH7XS/K4XS