Barry,
There would only be one reason to lash ladders together like
that...........I have looked but I can not find the antenna you must have
been working on !!
CHet
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry" <w2up3@verizon.net>
To: <TOWERTALK@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Extension Ladder on Tower
> Here's another crazy one, done by your's truly. I needed to work on a
> ceiling fan in our 2 story family room. Naturally, I didn't have a 14
> or 16 ft A frame ladder, so I lashed these two ladders together:
> http://mysite.verizon.net/w2up3/ladder.jpg
>
> My wife was standing on the bottom rung to keep it from tipping (and I'm
> still here to talk about it.)
> Barry W2UP
>
> Dick, W1KSZ wrote:
>> Is Andrews last name Wallenda ??
>>
>> (Sorry, couldn't resist).
>>
>> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
>>
>> john@kk9a.com wrote:
>>
>>> Page 24 of the September / October 2007 issue of NCJ shows Andrew, from
>>> KC1XX towers, using an extension ladder to reach an antenna element.
>>> The
>>> ladder is somehow attached to the tower and it leans against the element
>>> and
>>> he is able to climb out to repair the beam, which happens to be 185 feet
>>> high. I recall many years ago seeing slides in Dayton of someone doing
>>> something similar. This certainly takes pucker factor to a whole new
>>> level.
>>> I wonder how common this is and what safety precautions are used with
>>> this
>>> method of antenna repair.
>>>
>>> John KK9A
>>>
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>
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>
> Barry Kutner, W2UP Newtown, PA
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