Station Ergonomics

[David_B_Curtis at ccm11.sc.intel.com]

> I realize
>much of this depends on personal preferences but is there one 
>set up more that's more effecient than another?
>     Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>73 de Rick WZ2T
>richards at nylink.org

Rick,
   If you can find a bookstore that carries titles for architects and
designers, check out "The Measure of Man and Woman".  Sorry, can't recall the 
author and publisher at the moment.  It is devoted to ergomonic design issues.
It has a big section on "equipment operator consoles" as well as a wealth of
data on chairs, work surfaces, etc.

73, Dave NG0X
david_b_curtis at ccm.sc.intel.com

>From Pete Smith <n4zr at ix.netcom.com>  Mon Mar 25 16:46:48 1996
From: Pete Smith <n4zr at ix.netcom.com> (Pete Smith)
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 08:46:48 -0800
Subject: should I renew NCJ?
Message-ID: <199603251646.IAA02142 at ix9.ix.netcom.com>

At 05:15 PM 3/24/96 -0600, Derek Wills wrote:
>There has been surprisingly little comment here about the relative
>merits of NCJ and the new CQ competitor.   Is NCJ going to survive
>the glossy colored monthly competition?   The CQ one has some basic
>operating stuff that typical NCJ readers don't need to be told, so
>perhaps NCJ will continue as the hard-core contesters' journal - or
>will it?   At least one of the regular contributors has jumped ship
>to the glossy one.
>
>Just wondering whether to shell out the $12 for a renewal ....
>
>
>Derek "skinflint" AA5BT
>oo7 at astro.as.utexas.edu
>
Or to flip the topic on its head, what are the chances that CQ will survive?
I see that they are announcing a new VHF mag, paralleling CQ-Contest.  Is
this a sign of things to come?  If they can get people to subscribe to these
two special-interest pubs, is the old core book worth anything any more?
I'm inclined to think not.  'AR, care to comment?  

73,

Pete Smith N4ZR (n4zr at ix.netcom.com)


>From sawyers" <sawyers at cacd.rockwell.com  Mon Mar 25 17:49:44 1996
From: sawyers" <sawyers at cacd.rockwell.com (sawyers)
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 96 11:49:44 cst
Subject: CLIMBING BELTS
Message-ID: <9602258277.AA827776252 at ccmgw1.cacd.rockwell.com>

>The belt didn't include a strap, so the local made his own - from 1/2 inch 
>line connected to snaps by loops of the same line secured with hose 
>clamps.

The worst one I ever experienced was when a guy shows up with a belt and 
lanyard strap made from old automotive seat belts that he had sewn up on 
his wife's sewing machine. To make things worse, he used the seat belt 
quick disconnect buckles for his waist and the lanyard strap. He liked the 
fact that it was adjustable. He thought that if the tower failed - he could 
quickly unhook and kick away so the tower would not crush him.

After some attempts to reason with him - like if the tower looks like it 
may fail, you should not climb it - I remembered two of my father's old 
adages: 

"You cannot teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig." 

and 

"Some people are too dumb to save."

>Doesn't matter whether ones working at 200 feet or 30 feet, failure to 
>observe proper safety procedures may result in death.

The first guy I worked with on towers told me: 

If you fall from 30 feet or above and live, you probably will wish you had 
died. 

It was a shocking statement, but made me much more careful. I have also 
been mentally noting fall heights in reported deaths and injuries from the 
newspaper. (I think that passive monitoring of this phenomenon is better 
that active experimentation.) I have found his rule of thumb to hold true.

de steve n0yvy