... while its cranked-up? See the front cover of August CQ MAG... DUH! Nice 'old' leather climbing belt as well. 73, Dave wa3gin _______________________________________________ ______________________
I saw that and thought the same thing, you can see he never cranks it down because all the cables are tied presently to the tower. Just think if that cable breaks looking down and seeing no hands and
Yeah, One summer evening I stopped by to visit a ham friend who owned a 70ft crank-up. He wasn't at his house so I walked around back where his tower was located and found him pinned to the top of th
I was spitting nails by the time I got the mag into the house today. First thing I did was send an e-mail to the editor. Shame on CQ! Never ever even put a hand much less a foot and belt near an exte
Exactly! What in the world was CQ thinking! Although it is a posed picture, it is so fundamentally wrong it is pathetic. Then to put it on the front cover--wow that is dumb. I will bet they are alrea
Photo op or not, if you notice he has cables ties all the way up the tower and unless he can perform magic he had to climb the tower when cranked up to do that. I get nervous when mine is cranked dow
Wish I had my copy of the Au7gust CQ. Comes as late as the 10th of the month now. I am even afraid to let Louie Lincoln climb my crank up even when its down and fully blocked. Dave K4JRB ____________
My tower gets cranked all the way down, a heavy steel bar gets inserted and then I climb an extension ladder that is propped against the lowest section to go up and work on "minor" items. Other than
I had the same concerns so I studied the picture too. I think the cable ties are attached only to the bottom section, then the cables run along the standoff at the top of that section. They seem to b
Hi only has cable ties on the first section of the tower!!!! It can be lowered with no problem that I can see........... 73, ____________________________________________________________ Penny Stock S
A few years back CQ had a picture on page 2 or 3 of a beautifully dug hole for a large tower base. Easily 6x6x6' if not more. With a ham standing at the bottom of said hole and a ladder to get out wi
How does that old saying go? Don't do as I do, do as I say to do! Reminds me of an older Rohn Catalog cover when they were still manufacturing BX towers. Inside the BX section of the catalog it said"