I wanted to pass this info along since although most of us do it only as part of our hobby, we do climb. Be careful up there! The most recent data from the National Institute of Occupational Safety s
Whoa. 1 in 217. Almost one half of one percent. So if there are 600 of us reading this reflector that would be *3*. Yikes. Thanks Bill. Mark, N5OT part Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Fr
Being one who still does his own climbing even at my age (Joyce made me quit climbing for the young guys though) I think I can say with some knowledge that when you figure the average employee works
_________________________________________________________ Hold on there, pardner. That's for PROFESSIONAL tower workers, employed full time. How many of us 600 climb our towers eight hours a day? Goe
Ahh .. but what I was alluding to .. There are, most likely, a bunch of these 6ØØ that climb, at times, for $$$$ -- I did, for years. Now .. was I counted, or not, in the "statistics".
a similar situation happened in this general area many years ago... i wont mention the calls of the hams involved... one night ham1 got a call from ham2 asking if he could come over before a contest
There are three kinds of hams. 1) Those that don't climb. 2) Those that climb but can't do any real work on a tower. 3) Tower Monkeys Figure out your category and stay in it. Don't risk yourself or o
Reminds me of an incident in basic training many years ago. My first job in the Air Force was as an antenna maintenance repairman (huah!), and many of our antennas were installed on wooden telephone
And if I may also add couple of other categories. There are those hams who : 4. Do it the right way, in accordance with manufacturer's recommendations, and those who do not. How many installations ha
When I got out of the Army in 1962, I took a job with a Motorola service station owned by Herb, W1DEO. One of my first tower jobs was to help take down a 40 footer on top of a flat roofed, two storey
Since we're telling tales, during the summer after my high school graduation, I worked for the California Institute of Technology's Owens Valley Radio Observatory. One of my duties was to attend to t
When I climbed my first tower in 1993, about half way up I realized this was going to be my last day on earth. Didn't know exactly how I was going to die; falling off, tower collapses, tower falls ov
All these first tower climb stories are great. I don't have a first tower story, but I was working for a local ham putting up towers and antennas when I was in high school One of the work counselors
I know for sure I'm in category 1, and I'm glad I know that. Much better than being in category 1 and thinking and acting like I'm in no. 3. Thank God for wire antennas on poles and verticals. A frie
I remember my first climb. In 1970 I installed my first tower (50ft of R25). Some if my fellow FRC members helped with the installation as this tower business was all new to me. The R25 had the hinge
Glad you're still here. Everytime I climb, it's the first time. I work very hard to be frightened about what it is that I'm doing: elevating my body high enough above ground to kill me. The last thi
<snip> way. There Amen to that! Being a pilot which is a rehlm as unforgiving as climbing towers I think a lot of the habits and preperation carry over. I seldom climb much over a 100 to 150 feet any
You can find that photo in several places on the web... I'll bet this is it: http://carcino.gen.nz/images/index.php/53a722f2/6c779727 Actually, there needs to be three guys up there - one to take the
TT: BOTTOM LINE: On a tower, as in driving a car, there are no such things as an accidents. Let's be careful out there! 73 de Gene Smar AD3F _______________________________________________ See: http:
At 05:59 AM 2/2/04 -0800, N2MG wrote: You can find that photo in several places on the web... I'll bet this is it: http://carcino.gen.nz/images/index.php/53a722f2/6c779727 Actually, there needs to be