I'm 66 and I don't really mind climbing, but the darned arthritis sometimes
puts limits on my agility. I have an 80' piece of TCC angle tower that was
formerly part of a microwave tower. It is 38" across the face and guyed at two
levels...so it will hold just about any antennas I want to put on it. I
normally climb up the inside of the tower, which makes it considerably easier
and safer. As far as retiring from climbing....I probably will always want to
climb, but might not always be able to do it. Trouble that I have found,
however, is getting someone to do antenna work for me. There aren't as many
young hams around locally who are willing to do it anymore and it is extremely
expensive to hire someone to do the work. My last project involved taking
everything off the tower and then installing new stuff. We utilized a big
bucket truck, but it only reached about 72' so the guys had to climb out on the
tower anyway.
73, Jack, W9GT
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2. Re: When to RETIRE from climbing? (GALE STEWARD)
3. cushcraft 40-2cd eznec model? (Felipe Ceglia)
4. Re: When to RETIRE from climbing? (Tom Osborne)
5. Re: When to RETIRE from climbing? (n8de@thepoint.net)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 09:09:12 -0400
From: W2RU - Bud Hippisley <W2RU@frontiernet.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] When to RETIRE from climbing?
To: cqtestk4xs@aol.com
Cc: TOWERTALK@contesting.com
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On Mar 17, 2011, at 7:41 PM, cqtestk4xs@aol.com wrote:
> I'm pushing 65 and still climbing, although the trip to the top of a
> 199.999 footer is a lot further than it used to be.
Yes, it takes me a bit longer to get to the top than it used to. The bigger
problem is that once I get there, I've forgotten why I needed to go up there in
the first place....
Bud, W2RU
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 06:29:23 -0700 (PDT)
From: GALE STEWARD <k3nd@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] When to RETIRE from climbing?
To: towertalk reflector <towertalk@contesting.com>
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I still climb at age 63. My heart, knees, hips all still good so why not. I do
use better safety equipment than in the "old days". I have a full body harness
with a dual fall arrest lanyard instead of the waist belt type that I used to
use.
My family requested that I only climb when someone else is home, to which I
comply. I also take my cell phone and a 2-way radio up with me, just in case.
It's the old boy scout training "be prepared"
Lets be safe up there!
73, Stew K3ND
----- Original Message ----
From: Gene Fuller <w2lu@rochester.rr.com>
To: Rex Lint <rex@lint.mv.com>; K8RI on TT <k8ri-on-towertalk@tm.net>;
towertalk@contesting.com
Sent: Thu, March 17, 2011 10:32:01 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] When to RETIRE from climbing?
Rex -
Age is just a number.
Gene / W2LU
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rex Lint" <rex@lint.mv.com>
To: "'K8RI on TT'" <k8ri-on-towertalk@tm.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 5:26 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] When to RETIRE from climbing?
This brings up a question for me. I'm 68 and I decited to quit climbing at
55, but then I get pressed into service each field day because I can "screw
up" a beam between the guywires, and I had to help K0TV put up his 50 ft
boom 20M stack last year because he can't climb, and I can't get help
everytime I need it on MY tower, so I climb mine SOLO... my decision to
stop has been defeated at least every other month.
What age do YOU think folks should stop climbing? How about climbing in
their underwear?
-Rex-
K1HI
Rex Lint
Merrimack, NH
WWW.QRZ.COM/db/k1hi
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:41:53 -0300
From: Felipe Ceglia <felipeceglia2@gmail.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] cushcraft 40-2cd eznec model?
To: "Tower and HF antenna construction topics."
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Hello,
Would anyone here have a 40-2cd eznec model file?
If anyone, please contact me off-list.
73 tu,
Felipe Ceglia - PY1NB
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 09:24:05 -0700
From: "Tom Osborne" <w7why@frontier.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] When to RETIRE from climbing?
To: "Towertalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Message-ID: <D60926DB9C934A8B803083484666004C@Tom>
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I am now 71 and climbed my tower yesterday to put a 15 meter dipole on it.
'Course, it was nested to about 20 feet, but I was still up there :-) 73
Tom W7WHY
Boxers or briefs?
I think John Hettish is in his 70s now and still going strong climbing....
Dave
n4zkf
-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rex Lint
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 5:27 PM
To: 'K8RI on TT'; towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] When to RETIRE from climbing?
This brings up a question for me. I'm 68 and I decited to quit climbing at
55, but then I get pressed into service each field day because I can "screw
up" a beam between the guywires, and I had to help K0TV put up his 50 ft
boom 20M stack last year because he can't climb, and I can't get help
everytime I need it on MY tower, so I climb mine SOLO... my decision to
stop has been defeated at least every other month.
What age do YOU think folks should stop climbing? How about climbing in
their underwear?
-Rex-
K1HI
Rex Lint
Merrimack, NH
WWW.QRZ.COM/db/k1hi
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of K8RI on TT
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:16 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fw: [WISPA] Always climb with a buddy......
On 3/17/2011 3:45 PM, Marlon K. Schafer (509-982-2181) wrote:
To me, a nut clad only in his underware climbing a tower really has
little to do with tower safety except maybe for anticlimb devices and a
better fence in this case as it was a commercial tower.
It's a good idea to have helpers on the ground when climbing, but I'd
bet that well over half the climbs on ham towers are solo.
Even at my age the idea of a solo climb does not bother me. OTOH I
*need* some one(s) on the ground as I'd be lost without go-fers. When I
go up it's usually for a number of reasons which makes it difficult to
foresee all the tools and parts that will be needed or that I can haul
up and down by myself.
73
Roger (K8RI)
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:51:11 -0400
From: n8de@thepoint.net
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] When to RETIRE from climbing?
To: Tom Osborne <w7why@frontier.com>
Cc: Towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
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Unfortunately, my knees, injured 50 years ago, have kept me from
climbing since the early 1990's.
At age 74, I'm planning one last trip to the top of my tower ... when
it is erected next year ... to video the horizon and then never climb
again.
I'll need assistance with a good halyard and someone pulling on it to
haul me up there, but one trip for 'old-time sake'.
73
Don
N8DE
Quoting Tom Osborne <w7why@frontier.com>:
> I am now 71 and climbed my tower yesterday to put a 15 meter dipole on it.
>
> 'Course, it was nested to about 20 feet, but I was still up there :-) 73
> Tom W7WHY
>
>
>
> Boxers or briefs?
>
> I think John Hettish is in his 70s now and still going strong climbing....
>
> Dave
> n4zkf
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Rex Lint
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 5:27 PM
> To: 'K8RI on TT'; towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: [TowerTalk] When to RETIRE from climbing?
>
> This brings up a question for me. I'm 68 and I decited to quit climbing at
> 55, but then I get pressed into service each field day because I can "screw
> up" a beam between the guywires, and I had to help K0TV put up his 50 ft
> boom 20M stack last year because he can't climb, and I can't get help
> everytime I need it on MY tower, so I climb mine SOLO... my decision to
> stop has been defeated at least every other month.
>
> What age do YOU think folks should stop climbing? How about climbing in
> their underwear?
>
> -Rex-
>
> K1HI
> Rex Lint
> Merrimack, NH
> WWW.QRZ.COM/db/k1hi
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of K8RI on TT
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:16 PM
> To: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fw: [WISPA] Always climb with a buddy......
>
> On 3/17/2011 3:45 PM, Marlon K. Schafer (509-982-2181) wrote:
>
> To me, a nut clad only in his underware climbing a tower really has
> little to do with tower safety except maybe for anticlimb devices and a
> better fence in this case as it was a commercial tower.
>
> It's a good idea to have helpers on the ground when climbing, but I'd
> bet that well over half the climbs on ham towers are solo.
>
> Even at my age the idea of a solo climb does not bother me. OTOH I
> *need* some one(s) on the ground as I'd be lost without go-fers. When I
> go up it's usually for a number of reasons which makes it difficult to
> foresee all the tools and parts that will be needed or that I can haul
> up and down by myself.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:43:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: codrut buda <yo3dmu@yahoo.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] PstRotator - supporting all rotators in common
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