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1. [Towertalk] Climbing Masts (score: 1): Author: jimsmith@shaw.ca (Jim Smith); Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2002 00:44:25 -0800; Why would Steve's 240 foot person bother climbing at all? Couldn't he just bend over half-way and do whatever has to be done? My own pucker story. I tried climbing VE7IN's 120 ft tower but chickened; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-12/msg00002.html (7,169 bytes)
2. [Towertalk] Climbing Masts (score: 1): Author: ve7hcb@rac.ca (Chris BONDE); Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2002 12:09:03 -0800; Yes, I know the feeling. Why does the diving board look not too high until you climb up and out, t h e n look down ? Chris opr VE7HCB -- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts -- multipart/alternat; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-12/msg00019.html (7,009 bytes)
3. [Towertalk] Climbing Masts (score: 1): Author: kelly@thejohnsons.ws (n6kj); Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 08:42:39 -0800 (PST); I've seen several towers with climbable masts on top. The masts had foot pegs of some kind on them. How is this done? Where do you get the pegs or masts with pegs already installed? Kelly Johnson N6K; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00711.html (7,608 bytes)
4. [Towertalk] Climbing Masts (score: 1): Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com); Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 15:33:15 EST; I carry 5-6 foot-long steps in my equipment trailer for this very purpose. They're just pieces of angle steel or aluminum drilled for 2" and 3" U-bolts and saddles. Just install them about a foot apa; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00715.html (9,008 bytes)
5. [Towertalk] Climbing Masts (score: 1): Author: w0yk@msn.com (J. Edward (Ed) Muns); Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 13:26:48 -0800; I guess I'm in an even smaller group of hams. I lost half an element on my 20 meter beam in Colorado 25 years ago. The antenna was at 120' just above the thrust bearing. Unfortunately, the broken el; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00717.html (9,580 bytes)
6. [Towertalk] Climbing Masts (score: 1): Author: spelunk.sueno@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR); Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 17:39:09 -0500; TT: For your consideration and comments. When one climbs a mast, the climber's weight adds to the weight of the mast, antennas, feedlines, etc. These weights are all supported by the rotator mounting; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00719.html (11,174 bytes)
7. [Towertalk] Climbing Masts (score: 1): Author: nielsen@oz.net (Bob Nielsen); Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 15:19:00 -0800; My wife won't even look when I climb on the (single-story) roof.... -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY n7xy@n7xy.net Bainbridge Island, WA IOTA NA-065, USI WA-028S; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00722.html (10,905 bytes)
8. [Towertalk] Climbing Masts (score: 1): Author: na6t@na6t.com (Bob Smith); Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 23:38:53 -0800; Well Fellas. The 'pucker factor' comes with the territory. If you want Big towers, you had better have a little 'pucker' , a friend that has a little 'pucker' or the bucks to buy the 'pucker' Myself,; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00740.html (9,419 bytes)
9. [Towertalk] Climbing Masts (score: 1): Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com); Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 11:20:20 EST; that Well, you said it - "I keep thinking". Climbing is about 90% mental so you're psyching yourself out. It's a matter of relaxing your mind and quit listening to your conscious self. Masts (even pi; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00748.html (9,219 bytes)
10. [Towertalk] Climbing Masts (score: 1): Author: htodd@twofifty.com (Hisashi T Fujinaka); Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 09:19:07 -0800 (PST); Actually, body weight is proportional to the cube of the height, so (240^3/6^3)*240 = 15360000#, or about a seven-thousand ton person. So I think a two-hundred-forty foot person would put quite a str; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00750.html (8,429 bytes)
11. [Towertalk] Climbing Masts (score: 1): Author: K7LXC@aol.com (K7LXC@aol.com); Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 12:47:12 EST; Actually it's more of a vertical load, not sideways. While that's true, most guyed installations have the guy attachments in the direct vicinity of the top of the tower so the mast forces come out at; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00751.html (8,518 bytes)
12. [Towertalk] Climbing Masts (score: 1): Author: thompson@mindspring.com (David L. Thompson); Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 12:58:16 -0500; WD9IIX makes a ladder mast which I use. Its normally 18 feet long but he will probably make them any length you want. Dave K4JRB; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00752.html (7,630 bytes)
13. [Towertalk] Climbing Masts (score: 1): Author: spelunk.sueno@prodigy.net (EUGENE SMAR); Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 13:27:07 -0500; TT: While this may be true for most guyed towers, I wouldn't expect a self-supporter to fair as well under similar heavy lateral loads. When I was planning my Trylon project, I used the company's sof; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00755.html (8,690 bytes)
14. [Towertalk] Climbing Masts (score: 1): Author: ve7hcb@rac.ca (Chris BONDE); Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 10:38:51 -0800; I theoretically fully agree with you Steve, b u t I hate climbing step ladders, imagine how I feel when I have to paint the facia. I bought some gizmos that go into the top rounds of the extension la; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00756.html (9,401 bytes)
15. [Towertalk] Climbing Masts (score: 1): Author: ah7i@atl.org (Bob); Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 15:29:05 -0500; Force(weight) = GmM/r^2s, one becomes lighter as one climbs... G=G=6.67390 x 10-11 m3/kg/s2 M=mass of earth m=climbers mass r=distance between mass centers you are talking shear stress,tower parallel; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00758.html (8,523 bytes)
16. [Towertalk] Climbing Masts (score: 1): Author: zigm1975@alloymail.com (S. Markowski Jr.); Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 02:11:57 +0000; Doug's call is now W9IIX. His url below: http://www.W9IIX.COM/ 73, Good Luck and Happy Thanksgiving! Zig KM9M; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00764.html (7,753 bytes)
17. [Towertalk] Climbing Masts (score: 1): Author: kk9a@arrl.net (kk9a@arrl.net); Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 03:49:38 -0000; His three piece climbing mast is discontinued. He still sells bolt on steps, which are easy to make yourself. Doug's call is now W9IIX. His url below: http://www.W9IIX.COM/ 73, Good Luck and Happy Th; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00765.html (8,842 bytes)
18. [Towertalk] Climbing Masts (score: 1): Author: k9ig@contesting.com (Greg Clark); Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 09:02:14 -0500; As of a couple of months ago IIX no longer sells the ladder masts. I inquired and was told there was little interest in the product and they are no longer bing manufactured and he had none left in st; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00771.html (8,956 bytes)
19. [Towertalk] Climbing Masts (score: 1): Author: n9en@voyager.net (N9EN@VOYAGER.NET); Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 10:49:07 -0600; Hello all... All I can say is thet you people have more guts that I do. Now that I'm 51+ years old, I don't climb ladder masts any longer, unless they are guyed to suitable guy anchors, using 3/16" E; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00793.html (11,139 bytes)
20. [Towertalk] Climbing Masts (score: 1): Author: w8aef@worldnet.att.net (Paul Playford); Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 19:18:53 -0000; As recently as a month ago I had the opportunity to climb a mast, and after the first step, I puckered. I have watched Steve in action and I respect his work. This has given me encouragement to try a; /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-11/msg00815.html (9,313 bytes)

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