Seems to me, that way too much emotion is involved here. Any opportunity
to bash the ARRL, and it's publications appears to be more important
than providing real solutions to observed errors. I think everyone is
aware of the popular saying about opinions.
Over the years, QST, and other league publications have likely
introduced more people to ham radio than any other. There seems to be a
tendency to throw the baby out with the bath water. And because of the
membership base, legal representation is available to the amateur radio
community at large. Generally, one is asked for input on these matters
and the opportunity to weigh in is available.
As for safety, having been a corporate safety officer among my many
other career jobs, there is little in my life that is more important. Do
it right, and live to do it again the next time. I seriously doubt that
most hams have any idea that the model in the cover photo know enough to
understand what all the complaining is about. Chris finally pointed out
a few of the errors in the picture. Not being a climbing professional,
as most hams are not, these errors were not immediately apparent to me.
Perhaps the pretty girl distracted me from noticing.
Instead of name-calling, and bashing the League, take pro-active
measures to make sure that the League pays more attention to the
details. Nobody's perfect, even those whose egos and expertise drive
their opinions.
73
Chuck, W6AJW
On 02/27/2017 05:57 AM, EZ Rhino wrote:
Funny, I wrote a thing about this last week when I received the QST in the
mail, and decided not to send it to the TT reflector so I deleted it. I wanted
to see if anyone else noticed it.
Couple points....
I'm pretty sure this is a staged photo. If you look closely you can see at
least one gorilla hook on the tower rung near her right arm. So the green rope
on her harness back isn't the only thing there as a safety device. Secondly,
the green rope appears to be tied with a two half hitches. Any climber knows
this isn't the kind of knot to use on a safety line, and it's improperly tied
at that! A figure eight follow through is the correct knot, and you can secure
the tail with a half hitch if you want, or better yet, half of a grapevine
knot. In the time it would take to use three zip ties (as pictured) you could
do the proper hook up.
Yeah, they blew it. Hopefully we can all learn how to do this properly in the
future...so it can serve a useful purpose to us.
Chris
KF7P
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