Your fall-arrest lanyard should hook to the BACK D-ring. If your fall-arrest device is something like a lad-safe or ascender, then the front D-ring is ok because the arresting forces are much lower d
If you fall several feet while hooked to a positioning lanyard, you will almost certainly be seriously injured or killed. If that lanyard is hooked to only one hip, as in the scenario described by be
A good quality hardhat or a helmet is a must. Dragging anything along that could catch on a bolt or fitting is dangerous. A small catch could throw off your balance enough to compromise your grip or
I'm looking for an on-line source for rope. I'd like to find Samson Stable Braid or Arbor-Plex by the foot. I need 300 feet, which is not a standard putup. 73 - Jeff, WB2RUZ
Greetings. I need to get a 16ft mast down the center of a tower which is already standing. I don't have a gin pole available, and it's not feasible to remove enough braces to get it up from the botto
My shack is in a separate building 25 feet from the base of my tower. How close to the building should the perimeter ground be? I was going to tuck #4 bare copper into a 4-6" deep slit about a foot f
I should have made myself a little more clear, sorry. This IS part of a properly designed ground system -- SPG, multiple ground radials off the tower legs (with #2 interconnecting, Cadwelded), halo g
I need a reality check on tower grounding: My shack is in a separate building, about 100 feet away from the house. New 100 ft tower in the woods, about 30 feet behind the shack. There is a power sub-
I'm putting up a 100ft AN Wireless SS and looking for a little professional help with the base, specifically building the rebar cage and to be on hand for the pour. Would also like you to be there to
I intend to put an aluminum air terminal at the top of my 100 foot tower to help reduce localized charge accumulation and hopefully lower the possibility of a direct lightning strike. I have an omni
Greetings, Looking for commercial tower erectors who will work in Northeastern Ohio to bid on a 400 foot, guyed, light microwave tower. Looking for turnkey job - permits, site prep, compound, etc. An
Greetings, Is there a tutorial on tower lightning protection? Specifically, I'm looking for information on installation of air terminals and base grounding. Is there a "ham-priced" source for air ter
Greetings, I'm considering a 96 ft self-supporting Trylon tower. To maintain a semi-peaceful relationship with my neighbors, I'm considering locating it in my woods. I have a small clearing in a good
Getting great responses to my "tower in the woods" question. I'll summarize soon, but the bottom line is that it's not generally a problem, and I'm going to go ahead with it. What I'm surprised at, t