On 8/19/2020 6:58 PM, Tim Duffy wrote:
Please consider hiring a tower professional to do your work before you purchase
all of the needed safety equipment - UNLESS you will also sign up to be
professionally trained in tower climbing safety.
73
Tim K3L
For those of us not living near major population centers, hiring a tower
professional is often impractical because of the travel required. While
that may not be a big obstacle for a major project, it's hardly
practical to hire a professional from 1,000 miles away to replace a
rotator. I still do all my own tower work, but the day may come when I
no longer can. If anyone knows how to find competent professionals in
the midwest and other less densely populated areas, I'd like to hear
about them.
BTW, I did hire a local professional tower outfit last year to take down
my tower, a job that didn't require any knowledge of ham radio antennas.
They were totally incompetent. One of them admitted that they received
very little training. They were to put up the new tower, but I fired
them and did it myself, with help from another ham.
73,
Scott K9MA
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Scott K9MA
k9ma@sdellington.us
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