[CQ-Contest] Tower Safety

[Edward Sawyer]

Thanks for forwarding this Dave and kudos to K1IR (Jim) for doing the talk and making it available.

While the discussion in the later portion about the right way to take down a tower was really good, it seems that in this day of Youtube videos, maybe a place for people doing it right to show some videos of specifically how they are doing it would be valuable.  And what are they inspecting before they climb, etc.

Just a thought to add on to this positive start.

Ed  N1UR

-----Original Message-----
From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of David Siddall
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 9:49 AM
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Subject: [CQ-Contest] Tower Safety

Below is a link to an excellent talk about tower safety recently presented by K1IR, Jim Idelson.  Jim presents what a HAM needs to know and provides a clear explanation of today's safety equipment, which is greatly improved since my first tower climb years ago with an old lineman's belt.


I have been surprised to see hams still relying on their decades-old belts to climb towers.  This is especially distressing given the middle and even advanced ages of many ham climbers.  For those of you who climb, this video is for you.  I urge you to make an investment in your own safety so that Jim will be less likely to be adding your callsign to his analysis.


LINK:  https://tinyurl.com/rtsldze


73, Dave K3ZJ
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