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1. [TowerTalk] Hink and Kinks (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 13:28:56 -0500; Re: Add Safety and Comfort Jan QST page 67 This seems like a death wish! I can't imagine standing on a rubber hose that was slit and installed over a tower rung....even if it is RTVed in place!! All; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00382.html (8,320 bytes)
2. [TowerTalk] Hink and Kinks (score: 1): Author: FireBrick" <w9ol@billnjudy.com (FireBrick); Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 12:46:44 -0600; Absolutely Tom. At the Fire Dept. I was with, we would always check the rubber on the aerial ladder rungs. They were slit but clamped to the rungs with a bar that screwed to the bottom side of the ru; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00383.html (9,968 bytes)
3. [TowerTalk] Hink and Kinks (score: 1): Author: ValErwin@aol.com (ValErwin@aol.com); Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 13:59:39 EST; Tom: I absolutely agree! I cringed when I saw that suicidal-hint in QST. Quite obviously, the QST editor had never done any tower work or that would not have got by him! The real solution of course i; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00384.html (9,138 bytes)
4. [TowerTalk] Hink and Kinks (score: 1): Author: kbottles@rafn.com (Kim Bottles); Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 11:09:06 -0800; LXC has not yet recovered from our lunch last Monday when we tested his breaking strength. List Sponsored by AN Wireless: AN Wireless handles Rohn tower systems, Trylon Titan towers, coax, hardline a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00385.html (10,630 bytes)
5. [TowerTalk] Hink and Kinks (score: 1): Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith); Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 14:04:26 -0500; No, you just got your QST sooner than everyone else. That's an awful idea. I have a pair of old high-quarter boots that I use for almost all climbing. They have parallel sole "bars" that run crosswis; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00386.html (9,084 bytes)
6. [TowerTalk] Hink and Kinks (score: 1): Author: clewis@knology.net (Chuck Lewis); Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 15:19:10 -0600; I had the same reaction when I read it, and also the same question regarding editorial review of QST articles. Furthermore, the previous hint, from the same submitter, has us drilling a hole in the m; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00387.html (11,683 bytes)
7. [TowerTalk] Hink and Kinks (score: 1): Author: nielsen@oz.net (Bob Nielsen); Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 13:56:20 -0800; Nah, the January QST hasn't made it to the left coast yet. Of course, now that Tom mentioned it, Steve will have time to get his blood pressure worked up before he even opens the cover. Bob, N7XY Lis; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00388.html (9,602 bytes)
8. [TowerTalk] Hink and Kinks (score: 1): Author: baycock@HIWAAY.NET (Bill Aycock); Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 16:36:52 -0600; Tom- funny- my first thought was that at least, it was easier than trying to put ball bearings on the rungs. Bill-W4BSG - Bill Aycock -- Persimmon Hill Woodville, Alabama, US 35776 (in the N.E. corne; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00389.html (10,088 bytes)
9. [TowerTalk] Hink and Kinks (score: 1): Author: n4kg@juno.com (n4kg@juno.com); Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 16:37:55 -0600; Your intuition is good Chuck. A friend in Michigan reported rotor damage caused by supporting the weight of the mast and antennas such that no weight was applied to the rotor. The rotor races were da; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00390.html (15,147 bytes)
10. [TowerTalk] Hink and Kinks (score: 1): Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com); Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 18:37:44 EST; I've stood on them for hours at a time and haven't had any problems. I'll bet you a nickel that the writer of this great "hint" doesn't have the correct footwear for tower work. He should've checked; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00391.html (9,598 bytes)
11. [TowerTalk] Hink and Kinks (score: 1): Author: w5kp@swbell.net (Jerry Kincade); Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 17:48:44 -0800; If one wants to relieve the vertical weight, back-to-back galvanized U-bolt saddles fastened with a couple of grade 5 bolts is a much easier (and maybe much safer) solution, and doesn't weaken the ma; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00392.html (14,121 bytes)
12. [TowerTalk] Hink and Kinks (score: 1): Author: w5kp@swbell.net (Jerry Kincade); Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 17:56:44 -0800; They must have run out of HT's to have shootouts with. Hell of a thing when they're down to having to talk about towers and HF and all that boring old hammy-sounding stuff. I danged near choked when; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00393.html (11,218 bytes)
13. [TowerTalk] Hink and Kinks (score: 1): Author: kg5u@hal-pc.org (Dale L Martin); Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 18:36:19 -0600; What IS the straight skinny on this topic, Steve? I've been using my 25-year-old Vibram-soled hiking boots (yes! They still fit). They don't allow my feet to feel the rung when standing for short or; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00395.html (9,856 bytes)
14. [TowerTalk] Hink and Kinks (score: 1): Author: k2qmf@juno.com (k2qmf@juno.com); Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 19:50:24 -0500; I never climbed a tower in my life. I don't even like ladders. When I saw that rubber covered tower rung in QST I felt the same way. It sure looks dangerous to me!!! 73, Ted K2QMF ___________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00397.html (10,843 bytes)
15. [TowerTalk] Hink and Kinks (score: 1): Author: SPELUNK.SUENO@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR); Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 02:02:21 -0500; TT: I did the same thing for a top and middle plate clamp with my recent Trylon installation, except I used muffler clamps. I cut off about 3/8 inch of the tips of each clamp, cleaned them with degre; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00398.html (17,245 bytes)
16. [TowerTalk] Hink and Kinks (score: 1): Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch); Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 21:48:41 -0500; I hate to bring this up, but the same bolt-through -the-mast hint and the rubber-hose-on-the-tower-cross-member hinter also suggested mounting a rotor with rubber bumbers to eliminate "shock" when th; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00399.html (9,190 bytes)
17. [TowerTalk] Hink and Kinks (score: 1): Author: k1ir@designet.com (Jim Idelson); Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 22:24:19 -0500; I was also very surprised to see the "unusual" suggestions in this month's QST. Wow. It wasn't long ago that I was lucky enough to have two articles appear in QST. Here's my experience. As with so ma; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00400.html (10,045 bytes)
18. [TowerTalk] Hink and Kinks (score: 1): Author: k1ir@designet.com (Jim Idelson); Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 22:24:19 -0500; I was also very surprised to see the "unusual" suggestions in this month's QST. Wow. It wasn't long ago that I was lucky enough to have two articles appear in QST. Here's my experience. As with so ma; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00401.html (10,066 bytes)
19. [TowerTalk] Hink and Kinks (score: 1): Author: n0tt1@juno.com (n0tt1@juno.com); Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 03:39:42 +0000; D'Oh!! I saw that and said to myself..."NO WAY"!!! One would hope to have a proper foothold by using some boots with a heel and non-skid soles , NOT with a slit rubber hose that can rotate!!! 73, Cha; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00402.html (9,770 bytes)
20. [TowerTalk] Hink and Kinks (score: 1): Author: n4zr@contesting.com (Pete Smith); Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 07:31:06 -0500; This strikes me as less off-the-wall than the other "hints." Dave Leeson uses rubber torsion dampers out of a BMW drivetrain, I believe, to smooth out shock loads on his rotators. I think Yaesu may e; /archives//html/Towertalk/2001-12/msg00404.html (9,777 bytes)

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