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241. Re: [TowerTalk] Anyone use a 120' qso king? (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 14:12:17 -0600
Why is this important? My 60 radials per vertical in my 80m 4-square are buried a couple of inches below the surface and I consider that grounded. Also where the radials cross each other I did not bo
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-01/msg00359.html (9,093 bytes)

242. Re: [TowerTalk] Taking down a tri-ex LM354 (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2014 22:04:48 -0600
I have let BX type towers just free fall with no damage. Of course they did not fall on the ground but instead into a good layer of snow. Doug "Think of all the ways you can hurt yourself laughing."
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-06/msg00112.html (10,108 bytes)

243. Re: [TowerTalk] Screw Anchor "Tripleye" Heads (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 21:32:04 -0600
Just where has the ham spirit gone? Everything seems to have to be done by professionals. Soil analysis ... really. I don't see the power company doing a soil analysis before screwing in an anchor he
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-06/msg00310.html (9,306 bytes)

244. Re: [TowerTalk] [Bulk] Re: Top Bearing Plate for 55G vs Rotor Plate (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 11:59:54 -0600
Here is my take. A blanket statement does not fit all situations. A middle bearing does have merit. I cases where a long mast fits inside the tower or there are stacked antennas on the same mast, a m
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-08/msg00272.html (12,301 bytes)

245. Re: [TowerTalk] Sad day - W9ZUC tower accident (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 21:42:23 -0600
I have said this many times before. If you can't 'free climb' then you SHOULD NOT be climbing at all. The use of a gorilla hook has it's place - for resting or at the work station. But IMO it should
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00243.html (9,314 bytes)

246. Re: [TowerTalk] Sad day - W9ZUC tower accident (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 09:50:45 -0600
What's the difference between dying falling to the ground, and dying hanging from the tower with a fall arrest harness? You avoid the agony of a slow death in a fall arrest harness. Doug --Original M
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00269.html (10,913 bytes)

247. Re: [TowerTalk] Sad day - W9ZUC tower accident (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 10:29:05 -0600
Are you talking from experience or just speculating? When climbing, remember I said climbing, my 'free' hand is in close proximity to the tower and if anything should happen to my other hand or feet,
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00270.html (11,225 bytes)

248. Re: [TowerTalk] Sad day - W9ZUC tower accident (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 10:46:22 -0600
One of my short lanyards had locking mechanisms on the hook. What I found with experience is the locking mechanisms were more of a hazard than without. I found them so difficult to unhook with one ha
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00271.html (9,413 bytes)

249. Re: [TowerTalk] Sad day - W9ZUC tower accident (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 16:20:34 -0600
Where I live, by the time a rescue team would reach me, I would be dead hanging from the tower. If I had to wait until a ground person was available ... I would still be waiting. I usually caring my
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00296.html (10,325 bytes)

250. Re: [TowerTalk] Sad day - W9ZUC tower accident (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:49:05 -0600
I have been climbing, free climbing, for 40 years. I never kept track; I probably have easily made at least 1000 climbs or more as a ham operator in that period. Doug I wasn't born in Saskatchewan, b
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00323.html (11,659 bytes)

251. [TowerTalk] Sad day - W9ZUC tower accident (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 21:15:44 -0600
I have been climbing, free climbing, for 40 years. I never kept track; I probably have easily made at least 1000 climbs or more as a ham operator in that period. Doug I wasn't born in Saskatchewan, b
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00324.html (8,799 bytes)

252. Re: [TowerTalk] Sad day - W9ZUC tower accident (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 21:15:51 -0600
Bob, Do you have more information than what was posted? You say he was free climbing. According to the news report "Although he was wearing a safety harness he was not tied off, according to Chippewa
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00342.html (12,139 bytes)

253. Re: [TowerTalk] W7ZUC It's a sad day. (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 15:51:57 -0600
I wasn't born in Saskatchewan, but I got here as soon as I could. --Original Message-- I fully agree. The facts say his life likely ended before or during the fall, and not from the fall. No amount o
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00345.html (7,840 bytes)

254. Re: [TowerTalk] 58 M Freeclimb (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 20:57:41 -0600
What a view. It appears that he free climbed the entire mast without stopping for a rest ... amazing. Those who can't, criticise those who can. Doug I wasn't born in Saskatchewan, but I got here as s
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-09/msg00369.html (8,485 bytes)

255. Re: [TowerTalk] Climbing (score: 1)
Author: ve5ra@sasktel.net
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 09:13:39 -0600
Mike, It's good to hear from people who are realistic and have common sense. Free climbing has been around for thousands of years and will continue for many more. Some folks get all twisted and bent
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-10/msg00007.html (22,985 bytes)

256. Re: [TowerTalk] Climbing (score: 1)
Author: ve5ra@sasktel.net
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 11:19:37 -0600
Jim, Some of these "safety devices" are good in theory. But can anyone tell me how many lives they have saved in the ham community? How many lives have been saved with a full body harness or the stee
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-10/msg00056.html (8,645 bytes)

257. Re: [TowerTalk] Climbing (score: 1)
Author: ve5ra@sasktel.net
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 16:02:43 -0600
I want to make sure everyone understands that I do use safety equipment when working on a tower.   Ed you spoke the magic words "acceptable risk".  Everyone has a different level of acceptable risk i
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-10/msg00092.html (9,576 bytes)

258. Re: [TowerTalk] Guyed + self supporting /2 ?? (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 21:05:06 -0600
We have discussed this subject many times before and it appears to be a waste of time as some folks have completely forgotten that SELF SUPPORTING TOWERS CAN BE GUYED. Thirty seven years of guying se
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-10/msg00203.html (11,317 bytes)

259. Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Guyed + self supporting /2 ?? (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 10:50:52 -0600
I have a hard time, like you, understanding why some folks think guying any self supporting tower is a bad idea. Some folks over analyze and over engineer something that has been successfully done fo
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-10/msg00224.html (19,799 bytes)

260. Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Fwd: Guyed + self supporting /2 ?? (score: 1)
Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 12:41:20 -0600
Well you are going to have to take that point up with sdsc.edu. "Metals like steel are elastic materials. Such materials are equally strong in compression as in tension. ... when subjected to very la
/archives//html/Towertalk/2014-10/msg00243.html (11,403 bytes)


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