I didn't see it, but that's hilarious...and hilariously stupid. An 83
year-old climbing a tower solo? -WB2WIK/6
"Success is the ability to go from failure to failure with no loss of
enthusiasm." -Winston Churchill
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry L Lindblom [SMTP:llindblom@juno.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 6:50 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [BULK] - [TowerTalk] Tower Tale
>
> Tonight I grabbed a can of tuna and some crackers for my evening meal. I
> turned on the TV and lo and behold there was a piece about a ham radio
> operator on "Stupid Human Behavior Caught on Tape".
>
> It seemed thing were not working well and a ham radio operator climbed
> his tower ( 50 or 60 ft) to check out his "huge" antenna (a 3 element tri
> bander). He slipped and was hanging with one leg in the tower and his
> head aimed at the ground. The fire department got him down and the
> announcer pointed out he was 83 years old. His wifes comment in a rather
> crotchety voice was "I've been telling him to take that stupid tower down
> for years!"
>
> Given his wife, I'll bet the only thing this ham has to live for is his
> radio which gets him away from her!
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