Re: [TowerTalk] Tower, rotator and antenna maintenance

["David Jordan" <wa3gin@comcast.net>]

UR correct Dave... the body actually starts to break down after age 21-25... 
some don't notice it right away...takes decades for some.  Some never 
notice... they just climb well up into their 80s and just fall to their 
death when they stroke out or have a heart attack ;-)
73,
Dave
wa3gin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Gilbert" <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower, rotator and antenna maintenance


> Speak for yourself.  There are a lot of people on this reflector well past 
> 60 who do their own tower work with relative ease.  It is definitely NOT a 
> "fact of life" that everyone's body and will starts to break down in their 
> 50's.
> Dave   AB7E
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of 
> > K0DAN
> > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 6:22 PM
> > To: Rick Kiessig
> > Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower, rotator and antenna maintenance
> >
> > The older you are, the less you'll do it!
> >
> > If you're in your 40's (or younger): No problem, you do it just for fun 
> > and
> > exercise! You like to go looking for problems and challenges. You are
> > disappointed if everything works perfectly. You regret that your tower is
> > the only place you are able to do "technical climbing".
> > If you're in your 50's: You can still do the work but are tired of it, 
> > the
> > risk, and the unexpected. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. If you go up 
> > the
> > tower, you pray you don't find the unexpected and hope for a miracle. You
> > are tempted to ask people for help.
> > If you're in your 60's: You have a motorized tower and lower it to the 
> > 20'
> > level and do the work using ladders and safety equipment. You still don't
> > enjoy it and it is still a lot more difficult than it used to be. You
> > occasionally pay the high price to rent a bucket. You hate doing the work
> > and hope & pray you can avoid it. You are no longer ashamed to ask other
> > people for help. You especially hope it is only routine maintenance and 
> > not
> > something seriously broken.
> > If you're in your 70's: You hire young guys to do it all, or you have
> > already moved to a non-ham-friendly condo location. You are probably 
> > happy
> > with a dipole in your attic and are actively looking into stealth 
> > antennas.
> > DX is now a 300 mile QSO on HF.
> > If you're in your 80's: You have made friends with some younger ham who 
> > has
> > a remote controlled station and you operate his station using Skype +
> > TeamView.
> > If you're in your 90's: You mostly read the SK section of QST. You show 
> > off
> > your WAS certificates made when there were only 48 states. Your DXCC and
> > other award certificates have two-digit certification numbers. 85% of 
> > DXCC
> > contacts are on the "deleted" list.
> >
> > No disrespect meant towards the young or the old on this spectrum....it's
> > just the facts of life!
> >
> > 73
> > K0DAN
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