- 1. [TowerTalk] Climbing Alone (score: 1)
- Author: dave@egh.com (dave@egh.com)
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 13:20:07 EST
- Hi, Well, Ed's (K4SB) accident certainly has brought out quite a few comments. N8JF wondered how many of us climb alone - my bet is probably an awful lot of us do. I certainly have done many hours of
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00251.html (12,407 bytes)
- 2. [TowerTalk] Climbing Alone (score: 1)
- Author: k4sb@pop.mindspring.com (Edward W. Sleight)
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 03:23:46 -0800
- I use golf gloves just a tad too small. 1 for each hand of course. They're made for gripping, and do a fair job of keeping your hands warm. Largest plus is you retain almost all the sensitivity in yo
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00257.html (8,381 bytes)
- 3. [TowerTalk] Climbing Alone (score: 1)
- Author: dietz@texas.net (Chuck Dietz)
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 18:56:37 -0600
- Great list, Dave. I have printed it to save and review from time to time. I would like to add a suggestion that when you are pulling with a gin pole put a pulley at the bottom of the tower so you can
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00264.html (8,379 bytes)
- 4. [TowerTalk] Climbing Alone (score: 1)
- Author: kg5u@hal-pc.org (Dale L. Martin)
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 19:33:59 -0600
- Good words, Dave! May I add something: 1. Be sure your are physically fit before climbing. Back in the spring, for one of my first climbs of the year I climbed the club's 80 ft tower. When I reached
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00267.html (9,644 bytes)
- 5. [TowerTalk] Climbing Alone (score: 1)
- Author: Dave_Raymond-CSUS04@email.mot.com (Dave Raymond-CSUS04)
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 16:25:32 -0600
- These are all good common sense rules. It's bad enough to climb when you have no one to support you on the ground. However, climbing alone without a cell phone, or HT is truly asking for trouble. Som
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00272.html (16,606 bytes)
- 6. [TowerTalk] Climbing Alone (score: 1)
- Author: kd4wiw@ipass.net (Stephen Vinson)
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 23:39:27 -0800
- Hello group ... I too have had to do alot of climbing alone. I try to only do it on certain projects. I never set it up for heavy work. I have also copied many of the suggestions. We here have about
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00275.html (10,731 bytes)
- 7. [TowerTalk] Climbing Alone (score: 1)
- Author: tomwagner@mindspring.com (Wagner)
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 04:37:55 -0500
- Some have suggested using an HT or a cell phone when you go up the tower. Why not use a cordless phone? It's cheaper if you drop it, and you can get your local 911 number if you need to. I just got a
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00278.html (8,417 bytes)
- 8. [TowerTalk] Climbing Alone (score: 1)
- Author: dietz@texas.net (Chuck Dietz)
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 06:46:42 -0600
- I NEVER get on the tower, even to go up ONE RUNG without the belt. Believe me, it will save you time in the long run because of having two hands free. (I still shudder when I remember as a Kid, I tho
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00279.html (9,075 bytes)
- 9. [TowerTalk] Climbing Alone (score: 1)
- Author: w2up@itw.com (Barry Kutner)
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 12:55:25 +0000
- Check the range of your cordless phones first. An older (49 MHz) phone probably will be out of range. The 900 MHz phone may be OK, depending on your tower height and distance from base unit. 73 Barry
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00280.html (8,911 bytes)
- 10. [TowerTalk] Climbing Alone (score: 1)
- Author: w7why@mail.coos.or.us (Tom Osborne)
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 18:58:17 +0800
- What's wrong with using some of those Wal-Mart walkie talkies. Usually around 10 bucks for a set. You can even get vox activated boom mikes with one earpiece for that price. Tom -- FAQ on WWW: http:/
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00294.html (9,287 bytes)
- 11. [TowerTalk] Climbing Alone (score: 1)
- Author: kd4wiw@ipass.net (Stephen Vinson)
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 14:21:09 -0800
- Sure they are no problem but remember these (Alinco) can be used to get help from some distance. My main purpose was for safety when climbing alone and still having communications with someone far aw
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00297.html (10,792 bytes)
- 12. [TowerTalk] Climbing Alone (score: 1)
- Author: tomwagner@mindspring.com (Wagner)
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 17:54:54 -0500
- Both my 49 mHz & 900 mHz phones have about 500' range. My tower is somewhat shorter than that. Tom -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Adm
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00305.html (10,062 bytes)
- 13. [TowerTalk] Climbing Alone (score: 1)
- Author: bobkathylangham@worldnet.att.net@postoffice.worldnet.att.net (Bob N8YGG)
- Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 06:24:37 -0500
- Good idea Chuck, when I poured the base for my tower, I set 2 large eyebolts into the concrete, about 8" out from 2 of the tower legs. This way, when ever I use my gin pole I slip a pully onto the ey
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00321.html (10,234 bytes)
- 14. [TowerTalk] Climbing Alone (score: 1)
- Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC)
- Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 11:28:53 EST
- This is called a snatch-block arrangement. It changes the haul rope path from vertical to horizontal. It also allows you to be a distance from the tower so you have the haul line, load and tower work
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00324.html (9,473 bytes)
- 15. [TowerTalk] Climbing Alone (score: 1)
- Author: abrame@rpi.edu (Saul Abrams)
- Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 13:41:33 -0500
- Up here in the north (Albany,NY) I ran across some "winter" or late season golf gloves. They are made of thin, flannel-like material with leather sewn onto the palms and under the fingers to grip a c
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00326.html (10,194 bytes)
- 16. [TowerTalk] Climbing Alone (score: 1)
- Author: kg5u@hal-pc.org (Dale L. Martin)
- Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 14:50:02 -0600
- Good idea. I use bicycle gloves, but they don't keep the warmth, but they do keep your palms off the cold hard steel. I wear my hiking boots when working on the tower. With their hard, firm soles, th
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00328.html (9,170 bytes)
- 17. [TowerTalk] Climbing alone (score: 1)
- Author: jliley@mail.coin.missouri.edu (Jerry Liley)
- Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 11:17:38 -0600
- Rich Boyd, KE3Q My gin pole is quarter inch wall x 2" aluminum tubing and the bolt that pushes the pole into the opposite wall cuts into the tubing a bit each time. The pole is quite rough. I don't t
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00553.html (10,050 bytes)
- 18. [TowerTalk] Climbing alone (score: 1)
- Author: ve6jy@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca (Don Moman)
- Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 10:30:51 -0700 (MST)
- Don't roll it up.....let it lay into a large as you need garbage can. 300' of double braid 3/4 nylon fits in apretty average plastic can, the bigger ones could hold dowble or more, enough for most of
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00555.html (8,820 bytes)
- 19. [TowerTalk] Climbing alone (score: 1)
- Author: broz@csn.net (John Brosnahan)
- Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 12:08:40 -0700 (MST)
- Darn, another one of my secrets down the drain! I have been using the the black tubs that trees come in from the nursery. They work well and you can climb the tower and the tub feeds the rope out wit
- /archives//html/Towertalk/1997-12/msg00559.html (8,410 bytes)
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