Paul was a terrific guy and always friendly. Many of us worked him last
weekend in CQWW. We should assume that he fell because of a sudden health
issue, not a safety fault.
He will always be missed.
73Chip W1YW
-----Original Message-----
From: rlvz--- via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
To: towertalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thu, Nov 1, 2018 5:24 pm
Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower climbing- and the our great loss of W0AIH
I in no way was trying to indicate that Paul was "skimping" on tower safety.
But I know I have at times when working on antennas close to the ground. In
the future, I'm going to be more careful.
73,
Dick- K9OM
(56 years tower experience)
In a message dated 11/1/2018 4:01:53 PM Central Standard Time,
k4to.dave@gmail.com writes:
We have NO information as to what went wrong with Paul's accident. I doubt
that we ever will. It is not right to speculate on what he may or may not have
been doing and I certainly wouldn't accuse him of skimping on safety measures
without the sure knowledge that that was what was happening. I NEVER set foot
above ground without having my safety equipment fully engaged. Paul was in his
80's. He (and I have had over 60 years experience climbing. He deserves more
respect than to speculate that he skimped on safety.
K4TOP
On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 4:44 PM rlvz--- via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
wrote:
Paul Bittner was an extremely well experienced tower climber. Very few
commercial tower climbers have as much experience as Paul did which is a rather
scary thought. We need to use great safety measures when climbing towers
regardless how experienced we are. I believe that experienced tower climbers,
including myself, sometimes skimp on safety measures when we are working on
antennas mounted close to ground, which I believe is what Paul was doing as the
initial report said he was working on an antenna 60' above ground. As most of
you know, Paul had 35 towers and was used to standing on antenna booms at the
200' level.
This tremendous loss of Paul Bittner- W0AIH has me really re-thinking the
tower safety measures and precautions I use, and that I better not skimp on
tower safety.
Let's do our best at being careful with antenna and tower work so we can enjoy
our wonderful hobby.
73,
Dick- K9OM
In a message dated 11/1/2018 3:27:04 PM Central Standard Time,
xe2fl.kf5mn@gmail.com writes:
The death of W0AIH and others,send us a flag that only experienced tower
mounting men should do it! Saludos, Fernando José Muguerza,XE2FL Cel.
81.1589.2930 Email. Fernandojmuguerza@gmail.com Email. xe2fl.kf5mn@gmail.com
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