https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpXL_QaK17E&list=UUdjpKooTq7oGe5oAEPOTanA Another view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4RqPpWPQUw&index=2&list=UUdjpKooTq7oGe5oAEPOTanA _____________________________
Author: K7LXC--- via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:31:43 -0400
This is from a helmet mounted cam, tower workers removing the upper antenna from John Hancock building in Chicago. No fear of heights in these guys! Using a cutting torch even. YIKES! YIKES indeed.
It scared me just to walk out onto the roof outside one of the transmitter rooms up there some 20 years ago. Work on the mast with that constant wind ... no thanks. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2014-09-15 4:
Holy Cow... Reminds me of when I used to climb my 120' Douglas fir tree. Everything on the ground looks to small! (but not as small as these films!) The tree died and now I use a crank-up. 73, Steve
Id love to be up there! Harnessed of course, but oh, the magnificent view! _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list Tower
Made my palms sweat. W2XX/7 YIKES indeed. That scared the crap out of me! And I only watched the first 2 minutes. Climb safe everyone. Cheers, Steve K7LXC TOWER TECH _________________________________
Note that the lower guy in the first few minutes of the first video has a smoke hanging from his lips. What me worry? jim _______________________________________________ _____________________________
The night that I saw this video, I had a bad dream. A huge pigeon (with the face of my mother-in-law) was flying around the top of the tower, pecking at me, trying to knock me off. What was worse I n
I noticed the one guy was smoking a cigarette. Doesn't he know that smoking is dangerous :-) 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ _____________________________________________
Wow, I enjoyed watching but had to stop half way through. I started getting sick from the motion of him swinging his head back and forth, the height didn't help I suppose. Phil N9LAH https://www.yout
Smoking up there is not as bad as breathing at street level. ;o) I noticed the one guy was smoking a cigarette. Doesn't he know that smoking is dangerous :-) 73 Tom W7WHY view! ______________________
Re: Tower Work on the John Hancock Building When I lived in Dayton (I think I was about 20), I was a member of the local radio club - WA8PLZ (RLDrake, Miamisburg Wireless Association). The club owned