Safe Roof Climing - Followup

[Bill Coleman]

Had some additional info to share on roof climing. I received many 
replies, and I'll be posting a summary soon. 

I was watching the PBS show "This Old House." It happened to be a re-run 
that I'd seen before, but while you are holding a 3 month old, there's 
not much you can do but watch TV....

Anyway, at one point Steve and the roofing contractor crawl out of a 
dormer window and examine the roof. (You ever watch stuff like this and 
wonder how the camera man got out there?) 

What caught my eye was they were each wearing full body arrest harnesses, 
with a thick rope clipped to the ring between their shoulders. They 
carried the ropes out the window, so I suppose it was tied to something 
inside the house. The rope had a lot of slack, but probably not enough to 
let them fall to the ground.

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I have been convinced to use something other than PVC to hold up the 
dipole. Instead, I'll use a 10 foot section of 1 1/4" aluminum tube that 
holds up a Comet 2x4WD antenna. I have a wall mount to fasten to the back 
of the framed chimney, and can back-guy the top of the tube to the front 
of the chimney to tension against the pull of the dipole. Comments?

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Oh, and my chimney is a wooden frame about 3 ft on a side. It sits in the 
middle of the back roof, with an average height of about 7 feet above the 
roofline. 

Bill Coleman, AA4LR           Mail: aa4lr@radio.org
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