Go to McMaster Carr, type wire rope in search Towards the bottom there will be listed wire rope for lifting along with lifting specs Also on this 'page' are terminations to secure the cable plus compression tools M Monsour AC0TX
On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 7:43 AM Allen Brier via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > I have an HG70HD tower that has been in service for 15 years. When I bought > it used, it was probably at least that old already if not much older. I > found one of the cables in the tower has frayed, so down it stays until I > can get it recabled. > > Has anyone recabled an HG70HD? Can you give me some information and tips > please? > > I found the following information in the manual. I am hoping someone can > confirm these dimensions: > > Item 4 p/n 690346: CABLE 1/4" x 59-1/2 > > Item 5 p/n 690198: CABLE 1/4" x 20-1/2 > > Item 6 p/n 690197: CABLE 3/16 x 20-1/2 > > I called MFJ. "Tom" told me the cables are: 1/4" 4200 lbs breaking > strength; > 3/16" 7000 lbs breaking strength. > > Now I need to find a shop that can build the cables or find someone who may > have these parts. Any suggestions or recommendations? I live SW of Houston, > Texas. I am also have the tower manual and some engineering drawings from > MFJ. > > > > > > Allen R. Brier N5XZ > > 1515 Windloch Lane > > Richmond, TX 77406 > > 713-705-4801 > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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