On 10/7/2014 5:01 PM, EdK0KLl wrote:
Actually folks you are missing the point ... in practice the safety
equipment enables
a person to work on the tower with /*both hands*/, i.e. you can let go
of the iron and do some
2- handed work.
I've probably told this before but:
Many years ago, I was working on a repeater antenna (Farwell, MI), side
mounted on a 200-250 foot tower (over 30 years ago, so I'm not sure of
the height), 2' square with a 10' taper to about a 6" plate (pier pin).
Guy wires consisted of many fine strands in about a one inch bundle.
Hit with a wrench and it'd ring like a tuning fork, but much higher than
middle C. I was fully harnessed, but standing on the side of the tower
with my body horizontal and facing up.. That put the base of the antenna
right in front of me where it was easy to work on with " two hands"
You can hear really well from up there on a calm day. I could hear the
ground crew (all hams) talking. I clearly heard one say, " I gotta go
home, I can't watch this"
73
Roger (K8RI)
The safety cable enables you to slip off a spike or strut and not
fall. The 2 sided cable means
you can always be hooked to the iron, one at a time as you ascend or
descend as the case
may be.
Fine if you don't want to hook up, don't. Don't use auto seat belts or
stop smoking either. It's all
the same thing, a matter of acceptable risk. I use a safety cable and
a harness with a fall arrester,
I also use a belt and suspenders .. maybe that's how come I'm still am
here at 73 years.
Ed K0KL
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Roger (K8RI)
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