I had a crane come in for a $180 for an hours work to put my 70ft AN
Wireless tower in place. Best Money I have spent in the project!
It is amazing what a small amount of wind can do on big or even not so big
antennas. I have been on a Rohn 55 tower at 130 ft using a crane to put up
a big Telrex 40 and there are still plenty of things that can go wrong.
A real shame that this accident happened.
Hopefully some lessons will be learned that will save some lives down the
road.
Mike W0MU
-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill Coleman
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 6:28 PM
To: Keith Dutson
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] W7IX--More Info
On May 16, 2006, at 5:03 PM, Keith Dutson wrote:
> When I do heavy duty work like this I use a heavy-duty gin pole (from
> WB0W) to hold a monster antenna during mount/dismount or assembly/
> disassembly.
Sounds like a crane might have been a better idea.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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