My #1 tower location is not visible from my shack. It is located well away
from the edge of my lot (1/2 mile by 1/2 mile or 25 or so city blocks of
space) The base of the triangular section of the tower in question is 7 ft
in the air. The real base is a 1/2 inch wall pipe going 15 ft above ground.
I suppose kids could hike to the tower carrying a tall ladder, climb up to
the lattice in the base of the triangular section, jam an arm or leg through
the inner and outer lattice sections and wait for me to raise the tower so
they could have grounds for suing me for negligence. If they are truly
athletic maybe they can climb the 4 inch pipe and skip the ladder.
The tower section is almost ready to be pinned to the pipe section. I will
put a barbed wire fence around the tower base but an intruder would already
have climbed through one of those to get to the tower so another is not much
use for people but it will keep the cattle from eating the coax. (serious
comment) I have already had them eat a few feet of coax so now I have to be
sure to keep them away from all coax.
My #2 tower will be more of an attractive nuisance as it will have steps
leading up to an observation deck at the 40 ft level. I'm still thinking
about how to make it liability friendly. Electric fence?
Patrick AF5CK
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan NV8A
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 7:25 AM
To: TowerTalk
Cc: kr2q@optimum.net
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] COAX on CRANKUP-how to hang
Because the tower is not visible from the shack, I do not have remote
control of my tower, BUT, based on the "attractive nuisance" legal
concept, I have tried to make sure nobody can get up close to the tower
either: 6ft fence with locked gates (which, when open, allow the tower
to be tilted over.
73
Alan NV8A
On 10/31/13 06:39 am, kr2q@optimum.net wrote:
Larry:
Interesting. Thanks for adding your perspective.
I would never raise/lower the tower remotely. I would not be so concerned
about coax as I would be about kids (mine are grown, but you never know
who from the neighborhood is going to explore).
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