- 1. [TowerTalk] risky business (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Jarvis" <jimjarvis@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 19:05:01 -0000
- Back in my broadcast days, I regularly climbed 190' sticks to change out lightbulbs. It was work, but they were solid as rocks. The scariest moment? Helping K2BMI put up 100' of rohn 25. We'd get 3 s
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-02/msg00009.html (8,229 bytes)
- 2. Re: [TowerTalk] risky business (score: 1)
- Author: "Carl Smidt" <smidtca@sprint.ca>
- Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 16:04:43 -0400
- I have watched US Coast Guard civil engineers climb an 1850' Loran C tower, hot, and swing by a lanyard from leg to leg on their way down, examining the tower's structural integrity. Those guys had g
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-02/msg00011.html (9,966 bytes)
- 3. Re: [TowerTalk] risky business (score: 1)
- Author: "Tower (K8RI)" <tower@rogerhalstead.com>
- Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 17:04:40 -0500
- <snip> It's called "temporary guying". I've always insisted on temporary guys when working on small towers. I used better temporary guys on my installation than most of the hams around here use for p
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-02/msg00014.html (9,217 bytes)
- 4. Re: [TowerTalk] risky business (score: 1)
- Author: "Tower (K8RI)" <tower@rogerhalstead.com>
- Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 17:51:40 -0500
- Let's see...War stories... The stories over the years. Learning to use climbers on those old, "should have been retired long ago" poles that were like a porcupine with the quills all pointed UP abd r
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2004-02/msg00016.html (10,873 bytes)
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